Ryan Schumacher

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By Ryan Schumacher 10 March, 2017

Hurray for the Riff Raff is a project so strongly centred around the voice, vision, and personality of one person—Alynda... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 07 December, 2016

Perhaps there is something about the borderlands setting of Tucson, Arizona, that inspires musicians to experiment with a variety of... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 04 October, 2016

It is tempting to present Luísa Maita’s new album Fio da Memória as a dramatic departure from her debut, Lero-Lero... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 09 August, 2016

Brazilian singer-songwriter Luísa Maita is not to be rushed. Her next album, Fio da Memória, due for release in Canada... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 19 July, 2016

Walter Fraga’s Crossroads of Freedom: Slaves and Freed People in Bahia, Brazil, 1870–1910 is an impressively constructed study of the... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 03 February, 2016

Thanks to its proximity to Mexico, Texas has been home to musicians who have recorded in Spanish for many decades... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 07 December, 2015

With The Invention of Nature (subtitled The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science) Andrea Wulf makes... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 08 October, 2015

When I first saw Sounds and Colours ask for a list of the top books in Latin American history, I... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 27 February, 2015

Casita de Salvajes (Little House of Savages — I like that name!) are a four-piece band from Buenos Aires that... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 10 December, 2014

Russo Passapusso’s debut solo release, Paraíso da Miragem, marks the arrival of a major talent. The album occasionally recalls the... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 24 November, 2014

Getúlio, a new film about Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas by João Jardim, reminds me somewhat of Lincoln, the 2012 film... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 03 November, 2014

If the Mapuche people are known at all outside Chile, it is as the fierce Araucanian warriors that managed to... Read Article