It is so refreshing when artists and producers you’ve written about in the past join forces to gift us something new and different. That’s exactly what Captain Planet has done by getting in the musical kitchen with Brooklyn-via-Brazil’s... Read Article
With La Linea returning to the London live music scene it does feel like things may finally be resuming some form of normality. Cancelled in 2020 right after the pandemic struck, La Linea has had to wait for... Read Article
The beginning of 2022 was dealt a crummy hand this past January when the Omicron variant took hold of the Big Apple and most live events were canceled out of caution. Among those making the pivot from live... Read Article
There’s no better way to honor an oft-overlooked icon than to keep putting their music out there. And that’s exactly what bolero outfit Miramar is doing yet again for Puerto Rican composer Sylvia Rexach. To celebrate Rexach’s 100th anniversary, Miramar’s... Read Article
A funny thing happened to us on our way to work this morning. We left our flat dressed for fall, as it is well into autumn here in New York City, and we *instantly* regretted it as it... Read Article
New York City is quite hot and rainy this summer, and the music keeps coming from our friends who call the Big Apple home, as well as those who will be in town for shows at various venues.... Read Article
(h/t Daniel Felsenthal for The Village Voice) Colombian artist Iván Argote’s A Place for Us is on display at the Perrotin Gallery in Manhattan’s lower east side through the 13th of August. Writes Felsenthal: “In A Place For... Read Article
Ballet classes in a Rio de Janeiro favela are helping empower a generation of dancers and bring hope to a neglected neighborhood. Wanie Nascimento – a model, ballerina and university student – was born to two African immigrants... Read Article
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which for the past 30 years has screened films about human rights abuses throughout the world, will be available for streaming in the UK and Germany from the 18th – 26th March,... Read Article
Scroll to the end of this article to read poems from the collection Um girassol nos teus cabelos – poemas para Marielle Franco (A Sunflower in Her Hair – Poems for Marielle Franco). It’s March the 14th, 2018.... Read Article
Valentine’s Day is an *insert eyeroll here* holiday for some of us, but we’ll welcome any reason to share some tunes we are digging at the moment. And, hey, if they help the vibes on your Valentine’s Day... Read Article
“Que Bonita Bandera” is the Puerto Rican anthem heard all over New York City throughout June—the month which has seen the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in the Big Apple since 1958. Obviously, COVID-19 interrupted the tradition in... Read Article
