I started writing for S&C while at UCL studying Spanish and Italian. I'm always passionately trying to learn more about different cultures and I believe that truly makes me a more wholesome person. Photography is my current outlet for creativity.
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“La Negra” is a milonga song with music by Roman Gomez and lyrics by Claudia Salomone. It follows the story of a black woman constantly hiding and filled with unspoken desires, who finally reveals herself screaming out for... Read Article
Following the release of their collaboration album Encuentro, Andria and Roman play an intimate and emotion-filled show at The Vortex in Dalston on the 17th February. Encuentro is all about nostalgia, loneliness, the utopian experience of love and... Read Article
For those not familiar, Carlos Acosta, born in Cuba in ’73 into an impoverished family, is one of the most well renowned ballet dancers in history. Raise the curtains, cue the lights, and get ready to experience the... Read Article
At this year’s opening night at Open City Documentary Festival, you’ll be able to watch Baronesa, a film directed by Juliana Antunes released last year in Brazil. The film follows Andreia and her friends in their day-to-day lives... Read Article
Deciding to review A Fantastic Woman, after finding out it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film already set the precedence that critics love it – and that’s why I decided to approach it without reading... Read Article
Gonçalo Ivo, born in 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, is a painter and illustrator currently based in Paris. He comes from an illustrious family, being the son of poet Lêdo Ivo and teacher Maria Leda Sarmento de Medeiros... Read Article
On behalf of Sounds and Colours, I went on a mission to discover Latin American food in London, and the search had me visit restaurants of Argentinian, Brazilian, Cuban, Mexican, Peruvian food, as well as a couple that... Read Article
Zeca Pagodinho took to Hammersmith Apollo’s stage on the 29th November in London to celebrate 100 years of samba. If you followed the night on Sounds and Colours’ Instagram account you’ll know just how energetic the whole night... Read Article
It’s been 10 years since Zeca Pagodinho last played a show in London, but on the 29th November he returns to the English capital to perform one night only at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, celebrating 100 years of... Read Article
Independent Art Advisor and Curator, Sandra Higgins is back in London after living the last seven months in Colombia. She has organised an exhibition to highlight a variety of the contemporary art and culture of Colombia she discovered.... Read Article
Director Daniel Abma has created a film that shows the reality of Cuba in many layers, some of which are subtle and some that are not. The name of the film itself, Transit Havana gives one the impression... Read Article
Following the launch of Carolina Badas new online art gallery, Sounds and Colours got in touch with the art historian and curator, to find out more about this amazing project, and get to the bottom of the reasons... Read Article
