Andrea Cruz, A New Puerto Rican Talent Bound for SXSW
Andrea Melina Cruz Tirado is a singer-songwriter from Puerto Rico. In recent years she has expressed her day-to day life... Read Article
Rhythm & Power: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communities
With the publication of the anthology Rhythm & Power: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communities, curator Derrick León... Read Article
Best Albums of 2017
If you’ve been following Sounds and Colours since the start you’ll know that we started off by focusing on South... Read Article
Calle 13 Frontman Residente Tours Europe with Self-titled Solo Project
René Pérez Joglar, better known as Residente, released his debut solo album Residente in March 2017. Joglar is well-known in... Read Article
Textured and Ambient: The Lowercase Sounds of San Juan Artist Eduardo F. Rosario
Recently I wandered into an old record shop. It’s musty smell and compacted layout rolled out into the tiny confines... Read Article
Nuyorican Art: Miguel Luciano’s ‘Ride or Die’
The relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, and Puerto Rico’s current debt crisis, is the backdrop for Ride... Read Article
REVIEW Xenia Rubinos – Black Terry Cat
One word to describe multi-instrumentalist Xenia Rubinos‘ latest instalment Black Terry Cat? Unpredictable. After a three year wait Brooklyn based... Read Article
The 15 Must Read Books For Anyone Travelling to Latin America
I can still vividly remember the weeks preceding my first excursion alone in Latin America, to Nicaragua and Honduras, in... Read Article
INTERVIEW: Otura Mun On Dual Identities, Puerto Rico and ÌFÉ’s First World Tour
Few electronic music artists today so unabashedly embrace the realm of the sacred in their musical philosophy. But ÌFÉ, the... Read Article
Puerto Rico’s Lizbeth Roman is a Poetic Crooner
Meet Puerto Rico’s Lizbeth Roman. The 28-year-old indie jazz songstress recently played New York City for the first time as... Read Article
Tego Calderon to headline Copa América Centenario Fest in NYC
Copa América fever has struck New York City and a party being thrown by our friends at Remezcla seeks to... Read Article
Plena Is Alive and Well in Puerto Rico Thanks to La Máquina Insular
We’re really excited about what Vampisoul have got in store. After showcasing classic bomba and plena recordings in their ¡SAOCO! compilations... Read Article