Your guide to the best Latin events coming up in London.
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London-based Los Bitchos are a psychedelic cumbia quartet formed in 2017 after having found inspiration in the acclaimed compilation of instrumental Peruvian Cumbia The Roots of Chicha. Since their formation they have beguiled audiences with their breezy blend... Read Article
COLECTIVA are an all-female instrumental group based in London who describe their sound as “exploring the spaces between Afro-Latin music and Jazz together”. This is undeniable on their first single, “Under The”, which begins as a taut percussive... Read Article
São Paulo’s seasoned keys trio Caixa Cubo are proving to be, in the fashion of samba doido forebearers Azymuth, Brazil’s latest à la mode export. Less than a year since we premièred their seventh studio album Angela, the... Read Article
This morning’s bleary-eyed Con Alma Mixtape was hastily assembled between eight and ten o’clock, today. Following a drop-out, I thought I’d fill in, assembling a patchwork of possiblys and potentiallys that had made their way into my music... Read Article
It took London-based Wara three years to make their latest video, and the lengthy gestation period is more than justified. Filmed in six countries, “Yo No Me Voy” (“I’m Not Leaving”) is a message of solidarity for Latin... Read Article
Tetine are Brazilian artists Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado who have been living in Hackney since 2000. Having met in Brazil while making waves in São Paulo’s & Belo Horizonte’s underground art-punk scenes, the two have worked on various audio and visual... Read Article
At the beating heart of London’s jazz and global dance music communities, Wah Wah 45s label co-owner and DJ Dom Servini is an incomparable authority. That Servini is one of the UK’s most accomplished DJs and turntablists is... Read Article
Since its inception in 2016, Tim Garcia’s Música Macondo has blossomed into one of the UK’s go-to platforms for globe-spanning music. Starting with mixes, premières and radio shows, Música Macondo has grown to hosting events with internationally revered... Read Article
While having relocated to London in 2019, the Brazilian selector and producer GeraH cemented his place as one of the most indispensable members of Brazil’s music world when he launched dublab Brazil (the Brazilian branch of LA’s favourite... Read Article
Without Cal Jader, London’s Latin American cultural landscape would be a lot less vibrant. His non-profit organisation Movimientos – which hosts seminal nights at Notting Hill Arts Club and the adored Love Carnival – has been involved in major musical... Read Article
Inspired by the wealth of vivid Con Alma contributions thus far – from Trepanado‘s inaugural, languid mix, to Cauana‘s meticulously researched collection – I decided to compile my own. Besides editing the Sounds & Colours music section, I... Read Article
Earlier this year I spent time with Expresión Inka, a Latin American community arts group working with the diaspora in London. Led by a Peruvian family, the group utilises Latin American folk culture to unite the Latinx diaspora... Read Article
An Interview & Conversation featuring La Perla’s Diana Sanmiguel “It’s the difference between a painting the size of a whole wall with loads of different elements to it, and a wall with lots of different canvases on it.”... Read Article
Yara Rodrigues Fowler grew up in a Brazilian-British household in London, where she is still based. She is the author of Stubborn Archivist, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and... Read Article
Poly-Ritmo is an ubiquitous name in London’s global music scene. Worldwide FM host and member of the Soundway Records crew, the SOAS ethnomusicology graduate’s position as one of the UK’s most cognizant selectors has become irrefutable of late.... Read Article
Gabriel Francis, A.K.A Papaoul, is a DJ, presenter and journalist from South London inspired by the sounds of the global underground. It is Latinx music, though, that takes pride of place in his heart. Holding down Worldwide FM’s... Read Article
The second album from this young London-based quintet is, in terms of its musical influences, about as diverse as one might expect from a sprawling multi-cultural 21st century capital city: jazz predominantly, with traces of dub, funk, Latin... Read Article
North London-based Imperio Bamba perform psychedelic, funked up immigrant songs using guitars, synths, catchy lyrics and Afro-Peruvian percussion to express why freedom of movement is essential for every individual. Imperio Bamba’s influences span their Latin American roots and... Read Article
With no events to give London its regular dose of tropical medicine, UK-based promoters/label/cultural hub Movimientos have turned to mixtapes as a way of offering ‘sanctuary’ from this current sh*tstorm. So far, they’re six mixes in – so... Read Article
In a real heartwarming story veteran Mexican jazz drummer Tino Contreras will be playing a celebratory show at London’s EartH on Monday April 27th as part of La Linea 20, and we have a pair of tickets to... Read Article
Firmly positioning herself within the reggaeton scene in 2017 with the steamy Talisto-produced track “La Cama”, produced by Talisto, Carla Garlaschi (better known as Princess Prada) is a Chilean reggaeton singer and visual artist, who now bases herself... Read Article
Brazilian singer/songwriter Lucas Santtana will be making his first appearance in London for five years with a show at London’s Rich Mix on 23rd March, and we have a pair of tickets to giveaway for the performance. Santtana... Read Article
Following the release of their collaboration album Encuentro, Andria and Roman play an intimate and emotion-filled show at The Vortex in Dalston on the 17th February. Encuentro is all about nostalgia, loneliness, the utopian experience of love and... Read Article
The long-standing London Latin music festival, La Linea, will soon return for its 20th edition, taking over venues between April 15th and May 4th. The first acts to be announced included the enchanting electro bossa nova queen, Bebel... Read Article
