Without Prescription (Receta no incluida) is the latest film from Puerto Rican director Juliana Maité. It is a frank and honest story about mental health. The film was screened at the SXSW film festival in March 2022, a... 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
Our selection of the best Latin American albums of 2021.
It’s still only the beginning of October, but we’re already “slipping into darkness”. Winter’s on its way, but here are some combustible singles to keep the home fires burning. Orquestra Afro-Brasileira “Damurixá” We’ll turn to the senior citizens... Read Article
Spring has sprung in this neck of the woods, a little precociously perhaps but intimating better times ahead. Hopefully. Time to check out some new leaping beauties to replenish the spirits and cheer the soul. Lemos & Debétio... Read Article
Huey Morgan’s three-part documentary series for the BBC, available to watch in the UK here, is a must-watch for anyone interested in Latin American music, the history that it embodies and the changes it has undergone through time.... Read Article
An exorcism of manic merengue magic, Rita Indiana has called upon her unique narrative within music and her own way of making literature within it to release Mandinga Times, her first full-length album since 2010’s El Juidero. I... Read Article
New year, new energy. At least we hope so. Some of our old and new friends have new music we’re sharing to kick off your new year. Nino Augustine (Panama/ATL) and Lester Rey (Puerto Rico/CHI): ‘De Paseo A... 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
What a year!? It’s certainly been like no other. Well… except for the amount of music that’s been released, which appears to be as abundant as usual, if not more so. While some releases have certainly been delayed... Read Article
What can be said about 2020 that already hasn’t been lamented ad nauseam? This COVID-19 saturated (cursed?) year is one that took live music and dance floors away from us, for the most part. But as we enter... Read Article
In 2010 Rita Indiana released El Juidero, an album that signposted the direction that alternative Latin music would take over the following years. Hailing from Dominican Republic, she took merengue as a starting point but then imbued it... Read Article
