There’s fewer artists on the Latin American circuit with quite the snowballing prolificacy of Bogotá’s La Perla in 2021. So far this year we’ve been treated to the release of “Bruja” and “Guayabo” on 7-inch as well as... Read Article
It was only for a fleeting 72 hours or so, but if you looked hard enough in the international headlines just over a week ago, you may have noticed an increased focus on Colombia. After international headlines fleetingly... Read Article
It’s hard to believe that Nelson Martinez, better known by his artistic moniker N. Hardem, has been on the Bogotá underground scene for almost 10 years now. The Bogotá MC, beat maker and producer has five EPs under... Read Article
In an age where the LP has oft-times been reduced to 12 or so disparate tracks, slung together despite a relative incompatibility, seeking to cater for a market hell-bent on fast-food-like music consumption, and defined by increasingly goldfish-like... Read Article
It’s been a while since we updated our list of the latest Colombian sounds, and yet while time may have slipped away from us the new sounds have only continued stacking up, in more spectacular fashion than ever before. As... Read Article
Doesn’t time fly, it feels only yesterday we were launching our new monthly Colombian feature, and yet here we are again with the second installment of the Colombian Music Vault. A sweeping array of the latest Colombian pearls... Read Article
Back in 2017, Colombian roots label Llorona Records brought us the magical blend of dub and gaita. A feast for the lugholes that we’ve been dining out on ever since. Fast-forward four years and once again we’re treated to... Read Article
Across Colombia, homemade red flags can be seen hanging from facades, each one representing a household in economic crisis, without the means to buy themselves even a basic food shop. The flags may also be taken as a... Read Article
Last year we introduced S&C readers to the unlikely occurrence of Japanese cumbia. Unlikely perhaps, but certainly not entirely new: “we’re not the first ones [to mix Japanese minyo with cumbia], it has a history. It [was] a... Read Article
How to define masculinity in 2020? Perhaps, half the problem is that despite often trying to, we needn’t. Led by guitarist Sebastian Carrizosa, and fronted by powerful and enigmatic vocalist Mauricio Byfield we’ve been hot on the tails... Read Article
It is not every day the rocksteady beats of Jamaica find themselves in a down and funky mix with Brazilian samba. Yet, that is the premise upon which New York-born, adopted paulistano, Victor Rice has been carving out a scene... Read Article
Bandejas Espaciales might be a relatively new name to some of our readers. Still, they are far from newcomers to the Colombian underground scene. Interpreting many styles associated with Latin America and the Caribbean, the seven-piece has been... Read Article
