Pernett & Quantic Release Star-Studded Animated Video for Digital Cumbia ‘Vamos A Hacer’
“We’re going to do it”. That’s the message of the new video from Pernett and Quantic. “Vamos A Hacer” is a... Read Article
‘I Just Like Making the Records I Would Want to Hear”: An Interview with Names You Can Trust’s Eric Banta
Ask anyone who knows a thing or two about making music in Colombia and Eric Banta is a name you... Read Article
Dive into South America’s Underground with Sello In-Correcto’s Latest Compilation
Bogotá’s Sello In-Correcto recently released the third edition of its El Sudaca Contraataca compilation, a series of albums which bring together some... Read Article
Balancing The Light and Dark: Aterciopelados Discuss New Album and Roles as Latin American Spokespeople
There’s been a ten-year gap between Rio, Aterciopelados’ most political studio album, and their latest release Claroscura. The world has has changed... Read Article
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
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
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
A Laboratory In My House: An Interview with Romperayo’s Pedro Ojeda
Percussionist Pedro Ojeda has been involved with many groups that form part of the current alternative music scene in Colombia;... Read Article
REVIEW Palenque Records AfroColombia Remix
The musical magic of Afro-Colombia has once again graced our ears. This instalment comes from Galletas Calientes Records and a... Read Article
Juan Gabriel Vásquez – El Ruido de las Cosas al Caer (The Sound of Things Falling)
In a shady billiards joint in La Candelaria, central Bogotá, Antonio Yammara, a young law professor frequently spends his evening.... Read Article