Mon Laferte Reflects on Melancholy, Liberation and Mexican Popular Music Through Her Latest Album ‘Seis’
Born in Chile and resident of Mexico for fifteen years, Mon Laferte has the potential to understand the musical multiplicities... Read Article
REVIEW Mon Laferte – SEIS
SEIS is a shift in Mon Laferte’s career. Impregnated with a Mexican aesthetic and dramatic singing this album is an intimate journey into traditional Mexico and Mon Laferte’s universe.
REVIEW The Man Who Writes Women: Chile’s Gonzalo Maza speaks about his Directorial Debut ‘Ella Es Cristina’
Sounds and Colours speaks to the screenwriter behind the Oscar-Winning A Fantastic Woman about his directorial debut Ella Es Cristina.... Read Article
MIXTAPE CON ALMA 28: Juan Pablo Abalo & Juan Carlos Eyzaguirre
Last December, two forces of Chilean experimental music Juan Pablo Abalo (of Los días contados) and Juan Carlos Eyzaguirre (Janaki,... Read Article
WIP (Woman In Power) Collective Release Compilation of Electronic Music on Day of Feminist Strikes
8M [the March 8th feminist strikes which began in Spain in 2017 and have grown ever since] has passed through... Read Article
‘The Soul of a Woman’: Isabel Allende mediates on feminism, inequality, aging and love
Isabel Allende was born in Peru and raised in Chile. She now lives in California. Following a career in journalism... Read Article
New Sounds of Chile #2
Continuing to shed light on the popular and contemporary musical landscape of the long and geographical diverse country of Chile,... Read Article
Mon Laferte Releases Banda Version of “Se Me Va A Quemar el Corazón”
A multifaceted artist that goes from rock to pop, from urban to cumbia and now in collaboration with one of... Read Article
Chile’s Social Uprising: An Interview with Nick MacWiliam, Director of ‘Santiago Rising’
The documentary Santiago Rising (2021, dir. Nick MacWilliam) looks at recent protests in Santiago de Chile and the government response... Read Article
Alphabetizing Childhood: ‘How to Order the Universe’ by María José Ferrada
María José Ferrada, who has historically written children’s novels, published Kramp, her first novel aimed at adults, in her native... Read Article
Sixth Mapuche-Wallmapu Indigenous Cinema Festival Takes Place Online
Organised by the Mapuche of Southern Chile, self-representation is the theme of the sixth edition of the Mapuche Film and... Read Article
Catártica Animal Torches the Patriarchy with Cumbia-Infused Track, ‘Arde’
Feminist pain and anger are repurposed in the new track “Arde” from Chilean artist Catártica Animal. “Arde” (Burn) is a... Read Article