REVIEW The Afectados
Director Mark Donne’s short documentary covers a 22-year-long battle for legal redress for what Amazon Watch, an independent environmental NGO... Read Article
REVIEW Silencio En La Tierra De Los Sueños (Silence In Dreamland)
This Tito Molina film, the Ecuadorian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Oscars, in the end... Read Article
Episode 4: Love & Faith
This week’s tapes are from the unlabeled section. Sloppy recordings off the radio. Live takes, B Roll, and outtakes, some... Read Article
Episode 3: Olga Gutierrez & Carlos Guerra
Olga Gutierrez was born in Quimilí, Santiago del Estero, Argentina in 1928, and came to Ecuador in 1962. She had... Read Article
Helado Negro “Young, Latin & Proud”
We loved Helado Negro‘s latest single “Young, Latin and Proud” as soon as we heard it and now it has... Read Article
Episode 2: Raul Emiliani
From amongst the hundreds of tapes, one man’s name had a way of resonating a bit louder than the others.... Read Article
Talking Tinsel People and Dance with Helado Negro
Tinsel people started dancing around Helado Negro‘s Twitter timeline (and stage shows) about a year ago and it’s something we just... Read Article
Hypnotic Beats from the Andes with ‘Colibria’ from Nicola Cruz
Lilting, hypnotic, funky and packed full of Andean sounds and soulful beats, Nicola Cruz’s latest offering, Colibria, brings together various... Read Article
Esmeraldas and its Afro-Ecuadorian Cultural Legacy
The far-north coast of Ecuador has a historical and cultural background that sets it apart from most of the rest... Read Article
Episode 1: The Suitcase Tapes
History is the story of what we remember. But sometimes we forget what we’ve forgotten. Music history is no different.... Read Article