Mabe Fratti on Finding Liberation in Mexico City
Mabe Fratti’s socked feet masterfully distort the notes ringing out from the cello between her legs, her toes turning dials... Read Article
REVIEW A Postcolonial Retelling of La Llorona
Jayro Bustamante’s powerful postcolonial supernatural fable unearths the repressed horrors of the Guatemalan conflict through the story of a young Mayan maid who joins the household of a genocidal general
Chancha Vía Circuito, Alex Hentze, Ocarimbo And More Unite For Mazukamba Beats Compilation Raising Money for Guatemala’s Mangroves
The organic electronic music collective based in Antigua Guatemala, Mazukamba Beats, released its second compilation whose royalties will go to... Read Article
Latin American Films Take Top Awards At Sheffield DocFest
Three Latin American films have been awarded the top prizes at the 28th edition of the Sheffield DocFest (4-13 June... Read Article
MIXTAPE CON ALMA 20: Alex Hentze
Antigua Guatemala native Alex Hentze is an electronic musician that tilts more towards sound design than track production. Experimenting with... Read Article
5 Great Latin American Films of 2020
In spite of the barrage of setbacks and postponements that hit the entertainment industry—and ultimately the forced revaluation of the... Read Article
Under The Radar: S&C Editor’s 2020 Picks
Looking through Best of 2020 lists over the past month or so and it becomes clear that ambient music, and... Read Article
Oscars 2021: Latin America’s Contenders
This article was originally published by Sounds and Colours’s partner, Latin America Bureau. You can read the original here. It has been... Read Article
First Track from ‘A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean’ Released; Vinyl Pre-Order Live
It’s so nice to see this project finally have a release date. Back in August last year El Búho and... Read Article
REVIEW José
José, winner of Venice Film Festival’s Queer Lion 2018, offers a tender study of a young, gay man’s life in... Read Article
MIXTAPE Majoo Salguero y Ruffy’s ‘Ritmo En El Itsmo’ Central American Mixtape
We simply had to post this mix of tasty Central American sounds from Majoo Salguero and Ruffy. From two truly... Read Article
‘No Voy a Censurarme Para No Incomodarles’: Rebeca Lane is Breaking Boundaries with Hip-Hop
Guatemala is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman; there are 56,000 reported acts... Read Article