Welcome to a brand new regular feature, a round-up of new songs chosen by various members of our team, taking a trip through Colombia, Dominican Republic and Brazil on this first selection. Solo Fernández & Diego Raposo “Comollegamosaquí” Jumping... Read Article
We’re at La Cumbanchita, a small cafe/bar in Bushwick, Brooklyn, getting ready to watch Dominican singer Yasser Tejeda in an acoustic set when he tells us this is only his second time ever performing in this manner. En... Read Article
Barely six months since its last edition, The UK’s largest and most popular celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture – ¡Viva! Festival – returns to HOME Manchester for its 28th film fiesta, which runs 18 March-7 April. With 14 titles... Read Article
This is the first round-up of new singles since November of last year, which just goes to show that even musicians and producers wind down for Christmas. The studios are starting to spawn again, so here’s an initial... Read Article
Now here’s a rather interesting – and important – musical, cultural and even socio-political release. It comes from an island of two troubled republics that have rarely seen eye to eye. Azueï is not just a musical collective... Read Article
Emma is a French-Cameroonian flight attendant who gets caught by the police when she tries to smuggle drugs on a flight from France to the Dominican Republic. She escapes the police car, and still handcuffed, is picked up... 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
Juan Antonio Bisonó graduated from university in Miami with a degree in English Literature and Film Directing, and a clear goal: to create an educative, more artistic cinema for the Dominican Republic. The young writer and director does... 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
Extroverted and fiercely unapologetic, Dominican Republic holds some of the best-kept secrets in global music. At the heart of the Caribbean, the nation has birthed many unique rhythms and syncretic fusions like palo muerto, alí babá, carabiné, salve,... Read Article
Alas poor Johnny, we knew him well… But perhaps we knew the dearly departed Dominican flautist more as a composer and impresario than as a musician in his own right. While arguments will rage about the greatest Nuyorican... Read Article
An exorcism of manic merengue magic, Rita Indiana has called upon her unique narrative within music and her own way of making literature within it to release Mandinga Times, her first full-length album since 2010’s El Juidero. I... Read Article
