REVIEW Fantasma – Fantasma 1
The strings reach blackboard scraping extremes. The sax fills the cavernous vacuums left for it to jaunt. Percussion ranges from... Read Article
The Colombian Independent Labels Putting Cultural Preservation At The Heart of Making Music
“I continue because well, it’s what I do. I could be totally ‘out of business’, without even a peso. That... Read Article
New Music: ‘Caboclo’ by Lagartijeando
Argentinian Mati Zundel, better known to many as Lagartijeando, is back with new music for 2018. Following on from last... Read Article
REVIEW Camarão – The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie 1964-1974
His friends used to say, “His accordion speaks for him”. However, the most notable contribution to the genre of forró... Read Article
Latest Video from Colombian Electronic Duo Mitú Is Anything But Conventional
Electronic duo Mitú have had their music described in many ways; yet if there was one word rarely attributed to... Read Article
12 New Colombian Bands That You Need To Hear
It’s been a crazy couple of years in the Colombian music scene, and it shows no sign of letting up... Read Article
Ghetto Kumbé Release New EP ‘Soy Selva’
Say it after me: “I am Jungle”. Two years after debut release Kumbé, left-field Afro-House three-piece, Ghetto Kumbé are back... Read Article
Creating A Colombian Afrobeat: An Interview with La BOA
Tucked away in the residential streets of Bogotá’s Teusaquillo district, there’s something of a musical revolution taking place. I’m at... Read Article
REVIEW La BOA – Volumen
Bogotá, Colombia, an untamed and often less predictable beast of a city. At times, emitting a looming ambience of darker... Read Article
Watch ‘Duele’, The First Taster of Bomba Estéreo’s Upcoming New Album
An ever growing list of hyphenated compounds seems the emergent trend when attempting to define outlandish Colombian fiesteros, Bomba Estéreo;... Read Article
REVIEW Elkin Robinson – Sun A Shine
Creole twang, off-beat guitar skiffle and lyrics in English. It’s a long way from the drum-heavy choruses and whistles often... Read Article
REVIEW Quantic & Nidia Góngora – Curao
Achingly prolific and ever consistent; both would constitute a fair means of describing either Will ‘Quantic’ Holland or Nidia Góngora’s... Read Article