Ecuador

By Diego Hernandez 27 August, 2018

Amidst this 10+ year long- and lingering- journey of (re)discovery of musical treasures from South America, we seem to have... Read Article

By Russ Slater 13 July, 2018

When Daniel Lofredo Rota (aka Quixosis) found a horde of tapes among his estranged grandfather’s possessions after he had passed... Read Article

By Paulo Srulevitch 19 March, 2018

El Viejo Hombre de los Andes is one of the revelatory artists released last year by AYA (ZZK Records’ sister label).... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 27 February, 2018

In most countries in Latin America, members of the LGTBQ community tend to gravitate to cities as they more gay... Read Article

By S&C Team 22 December, 2017

If you’ve been following Sounds and Colours since the start you’ll know that we started off by focusing on South... Read Article

By Jimmy Centeno 05 December, 2017

Enthusiasm and vivid memories seep across with joy from Chicana Artist Margaret Garcia as I sat in her colourful studio... Read Article

By Russ Slater 02 November, 2017

The southern Pacific region of Colombia and Ecuador’s Esmeraldas province may be separated by a border, but it hasn’t affected... Read Article

By Marion Deschamps 14 July, 2017

How do rappers mature musically as they grow older? After 20 years as an MC, Juan Cobo aka Guanaco, one... Read Article

By Russ Slater 12 June, 2017

There can be no doubt that the marimba has emerged as an instrument of note in Latin America, though this... Read Article

If we want to talk about music and visual art from Ecuador over the past three decades then you have to... Read Article

By Russ Slater 06 January, 2017

2016 may well be over but we’re not ready to forget about it just yet. There were many great releases out... Read Article

By S&C Team 19 December, 2016

The votes have been collected and now we’re ready to divulge our favourite Latin American albums of the year. As... Read Article