There’s a lot of new music in our radar, and the tracks range from celebratory salsa for the holidays to a gaita-filled protest track from an old friend in Colombia. Check it out: Philly: Salsa Lab, ‘Parranda en... Read Article
Nominated for the Discovery Award for Best Debut feature at the Radiance Film Festival 2019, Miguelito is a documentary by Australian film director and musician Sam Zubryck that follows the tale of a young Puerto Rican boy, Miguelito,... Read Article
It’s been a heck of a time for the singer iLe to release, promote and tour in support of her new album, Almadura, which she says is a statement about protecting the island and culture of Puerto Rico... Read Article
If you noticed #RickyRenuncia trending on social media platforms throughout the last couple of weeks and wondered what it was about, know that the protests behind the hashtag resulted in Puerto Rico’s embattled Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló agreeing... Read Article
The Latin Alternative Music Conference has long been an arbiter of artists on the rise. Their “Discovery Award” has gone to artists who today have established music careers, such as Mexico’s Carla Morrison, Chile’s Astro, Panama/Oakland’s Los Rakas,... Read Article
Puerto Rico’s iLe, a GRAMMY winner in 2017 for her solo debut ‘iLevitable,’ has a new single, “Temes,” a somber portrait of the moments after an attack of machismo. iLe (real name Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar) will perform... Read Article
2018 has been a year of mainstream, high-quality, smokin’ Latin pop. It’s also seen women, trans women and not so straight-edged male artists take centre stage and push the boundaries. Becky G, Natti Natasha, Anitta and Bad Gyal... Read Article
Time for our round-up of the best albums of the year and, as ever, the criteria remains the same. These are the albums by Latin American and Latin American-descendant artists that we think are the best of the... Read Article
As well as the new sounds of Latin America, 2018 has also been a fine year for the reissuing of older material with this selection of 12 newly-refurbished classics a great place for searching out some of Latin... Read Article
Los Bronson are an instrumental group based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Using surf rock as their base, the band merges classic sounds from the genre with others such as funk, jazz and punk. In 2015 they released... Read Article
Puerto Rico’s ÌFÉ have a new video that pays tribute to late comic book great Stan Lee and Marvel Comics. Some of the lyrics in the new song, “The Tearer,” refer to the Black Lives Matter movement, the far right organization the Proud Boys,... Read Article
If art is healing, then this Saturday, the 15th of September, may provide some warmth, solace and reflection, for those in the New York City area who care about Puerto Rico. “SUPER SÁBADO: Pa’lante Puerto Rico!” will be... Read Article
