The 1960s and ‘70s were a period of revolution, anti-imperialist struggle, and nation-building. Two films which represent and analyse this period in Latin America are Yawar Mallku (Blood of the Condor) and De cierta manera (One Way or Another).
If you’ve seen Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Oscar-winning film Birdman then you’ve almost certainly taken note of its score. Performed by jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez, it’s a score that brings restless energy to the film, giving the film its... Read Article
The contributions of Latin American musicians in soundtracking some of Hollywood’s biggest films is the focus of Sonorama, a new show which will open this year’s La Linea Latin music festival in London. From Juan García Esquivel, whose... Read Article
It’s that time of the year again. And by this we mean of course, the announcement of La Linea Latin Music Festival’s keenly anticipated 2018 line-up. If you can overlook December’s impending tide of boozing, baubles and ubiquitous... Read Article
In tribute to the classic 1972 film Our Latin Thing, Colombian percussionist Roberto Pla will be hitting the Barbican stage this July for an all-star celebration of Latin music in London. Our Latin Thing set a high benchmark for... Read Article
With legendary Brazilian musician João Donato soon to be making a rare appearance in London we wanted to find somebody who could shine a little light on the great man’s music. Kassin was the obvious choice. Not only... Read Article
A unique artist with his own way of singing; a composer of many hits; the first samba artist to become a pop star in Brazil; and the first sambista to sell more than 1,000,000 copies of a record... Read Article
This summer London is going crazy with an exciting programme of upcoming Brazilian music events. With the Rio 2016 Olympics coming up in August, Brazilian culture and music is in the foreground with a variety of concerts having... Read Article
After attracting more than 30,000 visitors last year, Walthamstow Garden Party is coming back this year with a vivid programme of music, theatre, dance, film, craft, design, poetry and food in Lloyd Park, London. Produced by Barbican and... Read Article
More than twenty years ago, Joey Burns and John Convertino decided to call their new musical project Calexico. Named after a frontier town in the US, it sums up the cultural and traditional mezcla (mixture) between Mexican and... Read Article
This April, London’s Latin music festival La Línea returns for its sixteenth year in the capital, bringing some of the best contemporary talents from Latin America to venues across the city. Chile’s kings of cumbia Chico Trujillo will... Read Article
The concrete cavern of the Barbican Pit Theatre was glowing from The Love of the Fireflies, and not just from the delicate web of lighting. Brought over from Mexico exclusively for CASA Latin American Theatre Festival, cutting-edge theatre... Read Article
