Your guide to the best Latin events coming up in Chile.
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“When that April with its sweet showers…,” as waxed the poet Chaucer, with lyrical words to that effect. Indeed, when April cometh and music bubbles forth from all corners of the Latin world to add its sweet chimes... Read Article
Good grief! This job doesn’t get any easier. There’s so much to choose from and only one pair of ears to listen and two hands to bang out words on the keyboard. But I’m not complaining. I could... Read Article
Maite Alberdi is an Academy Award nominee. Given that of the nearly 14,000 Oscar nominees since 1929, only 17% were women, Alberdi is amongst a select group. What’s more, she has received the distinction twice. This weekend her... Read Article
The leap year has leapt, the daffodils are in bloom and spring is in the air. It’s time once more to catch up on some singles from the wonderful world of Latin music. So shake off your winter... Read Article
Ana Tijoux has just gifted us with a new album, Vida, her first in ten years, and I think this is significant, and not just because she decided to take the longest hiatus in her career right around... Read Article
I’ve broken the habit of my tenure here on Sounds and Colours by publishing my album round-up before the singles. What came over me? Perhaps it was the sheer volume of new singles that daunted me. Well, I’ve... Read Article
Described by Time Out as “one of the world’s most eclectic celebrations of Latin music”, The London Latin Music Festival – or La Linea as it’s known and loved – returns to the capital from April 12th, 2024.... Read Article
Maite Alberdi’s documentary The Eternal Memory (La memoria infinita, Chile, 2023) chronicles the details of Augusto Góngora’s illness, a renowned and respected Chilean journalist who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. His wife, Paulina Urrutia, an actress and former... Read Article
Experimental short film Ode to the Papaya by Edward Heredia showcases the Spring/Summer 23 collection by London-based fashion brand, Anciela. Named after her grandparents Angel and Graciela, Anciela is the four-year-old brainchild of Colombian-Chilean creative director Jennifer Droguett... Read Article
“Greetings, pop-pickers!” as Alan Freeman was given to disclaim (when he wasn’t too busy advertising Brentford Nylons). The prog-loving, pop-tastic Australian DJ might have struggled with this month’s pick of the pops from around the Latin world, but... Read Article
It’s a little late in the day – and the culpa is purely mea – but there’s a most worthy event taking place at The Jago in Dalston on Wednesday evening: a night of live music to commemorate... Read Article
Patricio Guzmán, the acclaimed Chilean documentarian and 2019 Cannes Golden Eye Award-winner, has recently released a series with Icarus Films commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile, titled ‘Dreaming of Utopia: 50 Years of Revolutionary Hope... Read Article
Summer traditionally starts to fade out come early September, but no one seems to have told the weather deities. When the thermometer goes way up, it’s a good excuse to don the headphones and catch up on some... Read Article
September… (cue Phenix Horns). Everyone’s packed up and gone home now. It’s back to school, back to work, back to normality. Back, too, to all those new singles from the Latin world that just keep on keeping on.... Read Article
Things are hotting-up, weather-wise and singles-wise. Here’s the customary mixed goodie-bag of music for pleasure from around the Latin world. Luiza Lian: “Eu Estoa Aqui” “My music is a landscape for you to enter your own journey,” the... Read Article
There’s a ton of new stuff backing up on my computer, so before I go down with a case of the heebie-jeebies, let’s get right down to the real nitty-gritty and cut to the chase… Tagua Tagua: “Colors”... Read Article
Chilean director Francisca Alegría’s surreal debut film The Cow Who Sang a Song Into The Future, released 24 March in UK cinemas, is a 90-minute magical realist eco-fable that was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
To avert the imminent risk of inundation, here’s a round-up – earlier than planned – of just some of the many new singles out there in the Latin world. We’ll treat them in rough chronological order, beginning with... Read Article
Manuela Martelli’s film 1976 premiered in the Director’s Fortnight at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and received its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last October. The Machuca (Andrés Wood) actress spared a few minutes from her busy schedule to... Read Article
LGBTQ+ stars use platform to promote tolerance and unity at the festival’s eleventh edition in Chile
I was going to wait a week or two longer for the latest round-up, but the new singles are piling in from all around the Latin world. So prick up your ears, ladies and gentlemen, and sample the... Read Article
To celebrate International Women’s Day we’ve put together a brief list of five must-see films directed by Latin American women for 2023. From an intimate study of a rural Mexican community, to a genre-bending Chilean fable with futuristic... Read Article
Today is International Women’s Day and here’s a lovely, worthy project linking women and chocolate: a great combination in my book. Specifically, it’s a musical exchange between Vivienne Aerts, a Dutch jazz singer, composer and arranger now based... Read Article
Welcome to our list of Best Films of 2022! This is our second time putting together our list of favourite films from Latin America chosen by our amazing team of writers. This year has been a particularly strong... Read Article
