As someone who listens to music all the time – rarely is there not a vinyl spinning, a headphone in the ear or speaker of some kind making a racket – I am always finding good, new music... Read Article
Templo Animal Records continue going from strength to strength, having just announced Volume 3 of their Templo Animal series, a showcase for “Emerging Electronic Music from Latin America”. It is the first release on the label to come... Read Article
While the Masters of the Universe were wheeling and dealing in Glasgow, Mother Nature was showing off her true colours here: a magnificent autumn made glorious by a steady flow of edifying new singles. Black Uhuru “Jamaica to... Read Article
Chilean electronic music producer Diego Linsambarth, who has been embracing different approaches to electronic music as Tecnología Para Ser Libre and Diego Robot, moving around experimental and urban breaks, joins forces once again with alternative club label Discos... Read Article
Filmmaking heavyweights, A-list talent, an aural journey in Colombia’s capital, Maradona’s Hand of God… The BFI London Film Festival, which kicks off this Wednesday 6th October, is overflowing with influences from Latin America this year. Headlining the selection,... Read Article
It’s close to the end of september, Chilean Independence Month, so we are back again with a fresh dose of Chilean alternative music, going from rap to electronic, pop and other sonic explorations, including touches of the country’s... Read Article
Films from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Paraguay will be screened as part of the 27th ¡VIVA! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, which returns to Manchester’s HOME cinema this 6-22 August. Ten Latin American... Read Article
Continuing to shed light on the popular and contemporary musical landscape of the long and geographically diverse country of Chile, we share the newest sounds coming out of Latin America’s southern tip. It’s fair to say that electronic... Read Article
Three Latin American films have been awarded the top prizes at the 28th edition of the Sheffield DocFest (4-13 June 2021). Brazil’s Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land!, directed by Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali,... Read Article
Rather than referring to the ten protruding appendages on the end of your feet, the “toé”, with an acute accent on the “e”, under which the producer, researcher and DJ Mr. Toé works, is a plant allegedly of... Read Article
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. In 2018, Marta Morales, a 35-year-old small farmer, was forced to leave her hometown of Colliguay in rural central Chile. Morales... Read Article
Born in Chile and resident of Mexico for fifteen years, Mon Laferte has the potential to understand the musical multiplicities of Latin America. This is something she does on her latest album, Seis, an affecting abstraction of music... Read Article
