Now in their 5th edition, Doc’n Roll Festival screens compelling music documentary films of all genres to audiences across the UK. The festival, which is taking place in London from the 1st to the 18th of November, will... Read Article
For many of us out there, record store day (April 22nd) is a must have in the ol’ musical diary. Whether a blue-tack equipped hipster with an appealing empty wall or an avid vinyl collector, it’s a day... Read Article
Systema Solar have known how to prender la fiesta for some years now throughout Colombia, as well as touring worldwide with their first and second albums Systema Solar (2010) and La Revancha del Burro (2013). Their newest offering Rumbo... Read Article
The documentary Don Ca, from Colombian director Patricia Ayala Ruiz, is ostensibly the story of one man, sixty-year old Camilo Arroyo, who has spent a large part of his life living in the town of Guapi on Colombia’s... Read Article
Today is El Día Nacional de la Afrocolombianidad in Colombia, which essentially means National Afro-Colombian Day (May 21st was chosen as it’s also the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development). To celebrate Afro-Colombian culture we’ve... Read Article
I am beginning with mapalé because it seems to be the most commonly performed rhythm and dance here in the streets of Cartagena. Furthermore, it is one of the Colombian rhythms from the Atlantic coast that is most... Read Article
Just hours shy of arriving in Colombia and I can feel the excitement and buzz humming around my ears. In some strange way, I can already hear the rhythms popping from the interactions between hand and drum –... Read Article
After 12 long years, Afro-Colombian communities have finally secured the legal right to their land. On 17 September 2011, in the presence of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Colombian... Read Article
