REVIEW Sonido Gallo Negro – Mambo Cósmico
- 06 April, 2018When the current renaissance in cumbia got rolling in European about 18 years ago it was natural that its Peruvian... Read Article
Into the Rupununi Music & Arts Festival 2018
- 04 April, 2018It’s late afternoon at Manari Ranch and the sun is just setting over the savannah. On the stage, a group... Read Article
REVIEW La Misa Negra – S/T
- 28 March, 2018The seven member band from Oakland, California La Misa Negra resets their talent with their latest and self-titled second album.... Read Article
REVIEW Camarão – The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie 1964-1974
- 27 March, 2018His friends used to say, “His accordion speaks for him”. However, the most notable contribution to the genre of forró... Read Article
REVIEW Gitkin – Five Star Motel
- 26 March, 2018The press blurb about the debut LP from Gitkin talks about inspiration coming from the artist’s wandering guitar salesman uncle... Read Article
Electronic Label Panal Records Celebrates Two Years With A Double Album Compilation
- 22 March, 2018A young, digital electronic music label in Chile is showing people how to do things the right way and get... Read Article
Soaking Musical Knowledge With Roots: An Interview with El Viejo Hombre de los Andes (+ EXCLUSIVE NEW VIDEO)
- 19 March, 2018El Viejo Hombre de los Andes is one of the revelatory artists released last year by AYA (ZZK Records’ sister label).... Read Article
Catana Blends Rap Rhymes With Trap Beats On New EP ‘Qween C Mixtape’
- 09 March, 2018There is so much discussion going on about trap hitting the mainstream that all of a sudden there is a... Read Article
10 Female Producers Redefining Latin American Electronic Music
- 08 March, 2018It’s thought that the dance floor is a diverse and inclusive space. That’s what they say in songs and magazines,... Read Article
Andrea Cruz, A New Puerto Rican Talent Bound for SXSW
- 07 March, 2018Andrea Melina Cruz Tirado is a singer-songwriter from Puerto Rico. In recent years she has expressed her day-to day life... Read Article
EXCLUSIVE: Outernational Sounds from London’s Cumbia Collective Malphino
- 02 March, 2018Malphino are an ‘outer-national’, mystical band offering a uniquely Asian-rooted hypnotic cumbia. Although based in London, the collective of diaspora... Read Article