Having a radio show is a must in Cali if you want to proudly call yourself a melómano, whether you’re into salsa, bolero, tango or African music. Indeed, most of the vinyl collectors I met in Cali have... Read Article
Jhonny Ortiz is the one who introduced me to the rumble of Colombian sound systems! I first met Jhonny Ortiz at a picò party in Barranquilla. We started talking about each other’s work and he kindly invited me... Read Article
While I was investigating vinyl culture in Barranquilla, a friend of mine told me that a costeño was now living in Medellín trying to spread the culture of the Caribbean coast over in that part of Colombia. So I... Read Article
Lucas Silva is a workaholic. If he’s not recording music, he’s shooting a music video or a documentary or writing a script or something else. It was hard to catch him during my first trip to Colombia because... Read Article
Sidney Reyes Reyes aka ‘the Musical Library’, is the very first person you need to contact if you plan to go to Barranquilla, on Colombia’s Atlantic coast, to investigate Afro-Colombian culture. His work is well known in the... Read Article
“¡Barranquilla es la capital mundial de la mùsica africana!” (Barranquilla is the world capital of African music). If you ever have the chance to visit the city of Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, then there is a good... Read Article
