Daniel Lofredo Rota Is a musician, maker and turboarchaeologist living in Quito, Ecuador. As well as writing this blog he produces music by the name of Quixosis.
The music of Paraguay is the stuff of legends. Though obscure, Paraguay has yielded amazing acts that have made an impact around the world. Its musical culture has a long tradition; it is a highly complex blend of... Read Article
Music is as long as it is wide. from the smallest pluck of a string, to the incessant groaning of all the human beings on earth just living their lives. Linear narratives are just not enough. CAIFE distributed... Read Article
Before being a musical genre, complete with tonal structures and rhythmic conventions, pop music was just short for popular. It was not dictated by any aesthetic constraint, but simply had to be appealing to large groups of people.... Read Article
This week’s tapes are from the unlabeled section. Sloppy recordings off the radio. Live takes, b roll, and outtakes, some of which I’ve identified, but most are untitled. All four tapes were in a bag together, for no... Read Article
Olga Gutierrez was born in Quimilí, Santiago del Estero, Argentina in 1928, and came to Ecuador in 1962. She had been invited by the president to sing in honor of the Duke of Edinburgh. She toured throughout Latin America,... Read Article
From amongst the hundreds of tapes, one man’s name had a way of resonating a bit louder than the others. Perhaps it was the myth of him. A name I had heard my whole life, a man whose... Read Article
History is the story of what we remember. But sometimes we forget what we’ve forgotten. Music history is no different. We view history through a narrow telescope, and the vision it gives us is minuscule in comparison to... Read Article
