Times are undeniably strange. As if we needed reminding. Yet, when it is done with the subtlety and guile of the latest release from Cerrero, featuring Brazilian duo Coladera, we mightn’t be so adverse to hearing about it... Read Article
Somewhere in the forests of eastern France, there’s a ritual taking place that might be worth avoiding. For whilst the music will hook your attention, the whistling Venezuelan mythical creature, El Siblón, is waiting in the midst to... Read Article
Valparaíso-born Pascuala Ilbaca doesn’t hold back. When Chilean spokeswoman and journalist Pamela Contreras was assaulted following a day of tumultuous protests in the country at the start of the year, many were rocked. It marked another dark moment in Chile’s recent struggles,... Read Article
Lockdown. Quarantine. Self isolation. Wherever we are and whatever we might call it, humankind is in something of a predicament. Coming to terms with our own futility from the confines of four walls, to the tune of oft-hyperbolic... Read Article
Through an enriching blend of dub production, coined in some sections as “Apoclyptic Gaita”, Llorona Records’ Diego Gomez and Dub Syndicate’s Adrian Sherwood linked up in 2014 to bring us Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto as we had... Read Article
The remate (afterparty) is something of a Colombian institution. The desperate scramble to prolong the good times and see the party through to the daylight hours. After a whirlwind 2019 and a typically vacuum-like first few weeks of... Read Article
The sprawling Japanese metropolis of Tokyo with its bright lights and unfamiliar signage might seem an unlikely start-point for your regular fix of all things Latin American. On its far western outskirts though, the suburb of Fussa which... Read Article
Colombian music is misunderstood. At least according to Croatian born producer/DJ, Bagar aka Tricky D. No stranger to Colombian sounds himself, Bagar has spent years travelling back and forth, subsequently living in the country and also finding himself... Read Article
It’s been a while since we last heard from Colombia’s La BOA, however, they’re back with quite the bang in 2019. New double A-side, “Máquina” and “Por Eso” was recently released digitally and is set for a Europe-wide... Read Article
It’s not every day that a Frenchman finds himself plying away with West African guitar styles at the heart of a tropical jamboree in the Colombian capital. That, however, is exactly where guitar maestro Guillo Cros has found... Read Article
For two musicians well-accustomed to fronting a psychotropic outpouring of vigour, one would be hard pushed to meet a pair of characters more laid-back than La Sonora Mazurén’s Nicolás Eckardt and Iván Medellín. Sitting downstairs in the café... Read Article
“Why wouldn’t Toño Garcia deserve a tribute, we are actually late to do so”, points out Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto’s Wilson ‘El Tambolero’ Fontalvo, in the documentary released today as a tribute to the 89-year-old. It’s true.... Read Article
