Music

By Frank Kinsey 25 February, 2019

“Why wouldn’t Toño Garcia deserve a tribute, we are actually late to do so”, points out Los Gaiteros de San... Read Article

By Juan Data 11 January, 2019

Cypher (in hip-hop culture): an informal gathering of rappers, beatboxers, and/or breakdancers in a circle, in order to jam musically... Read Article

By Rebecca Wilson 02 January, 2019

2018 has been a year of mainstream, high-quality, smokin’ Latin pop. It’s also seen women, trans women and not so... Read Article

By Russ Slater 02 January, 2019

Few know better the freshest tunes coming out of Latin America than Cal Jader – one of the busiest tropical... Read Article

By Luiz Gabriel Lopes 23 December, 2018

It’s become a regular fixture on Sounds and Colours at the end of the year for Luiz Gabriel Lopes –... Read Article

By S&C Team 21 December, 2018

Time for our round-up of the best albums of the year and, as ever, the criteria remains the same. These... Read Article

By S&C Team 21 December, 2018

As well as the new sounds of Latin America, 2018 has also been a fine year for the reissuing of... Read Article

By Jean Pérez 21 December, 2018

Los Bronson are an instrumental group based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Using surf rock as their base, the band... Read Article

By Russ Slater 20 December, 2018

There’s always one album that comes along at the end of the year that from the first moment you listen... Read Article

By Mikołaj Kierski 20 December, 2018

We’re very happy to bring you a brand new mix of Latin downtempo celebrating some of the finest cuts of... Read Article

By Cavé Okou 14 December, 2018

Lucas Silva is a workaholic. If he’s not recording music, he’s shooting a music video or a documentary or writing... Read Article

By Russ Slater 13 December, 2018

In 2012, at the Petronio Álvarez festival in Cali, a group of some of the finest musicians and singers from... Read Article