Mexico’s artists and musical expressions continue flourishing, like life emerging from the ground itself when spring arrives. Fortunately, the pandemic is becoming more and more yesterday’s news and our minds are able to focus more on the new... Read Article
What was that I was saying in my February round-up about an apparent dearth of post-Christmas releases? I’ve been truly hoist by my own petard, because there’s now such a rich variety of singles arriving from all over... Read Article
There is a serious dearth of queer cinema in Mexico, and when it comes to stories about queer women and lesbians, I could count the number of feature-length films on one hand. While the gap is slowly being... Read Article
Twenty years ago renowned Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas made his debut with the dazzling Japón, contending with the fundamentals: life, death, love, violence and nature in a poetic psychogeographical journey through Mexico’s landscapes.
Barely six months since its last edition, The UK’s largest and most popular celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture – ¡Viva! Festival – returns to HOME Manchester for its 28th film fiesta, which runs 18 March-7 April. With 14 titles... Read Article
Hello everyone, I’m Davo Peñaloza and it’s an honour for me to bring you Mexicanismos, a series of musical recommendations directly from Mexico, made especially for Sounds and Colours. Mexico is the country where I was born and... Read Article
It’s your usual eclectic mix of Latin American music here, starting with a new addition to the Brazilian carnival repertoire, and passing through US-Mexico border music, Yma Sumac-aping folktronica, Brazilian-Belgian smooth jazz, math rock meets Violeta Parra, alluring... Read Article
This is the first round-up of new singles since November of last year, which just goes to show that even musicians and producers wind down for Christmas. The studios are starting to spawn again, so here’s an initial... Read Article
It feels like a good time for a compilation of cumbia rebajada to get its due on vinyl. This particular style of cumbia started in Mexico in the early 90s when originators like Sonido Imperial’s Marco Antonio Cedillo,... Read Article
The best Latin American films of 2021.
Our selection of the best Latin American albums of 2021.
A year of reactivation, adaptation to technologies that we met in 2020 and an endless amount of new music in different colours and flavours. In this edition I wanted to select 50 songs that represent the current state... Read Article
