Tucked away in the residential streets of Bogotá’s Teusaquillo district, there’s something of a musical revolution taking place. I’m at the home of Mambo Negro, a label working with the artists that are pioneering a large section of... Read Article
Bogotá, Colombia, an untamed and often less predictable beast of a city. At times, emitting a looming ambience of darker more powerful forces at work. This is one of those times and the all-enchanting forces are of the... Read Article
Colombia’s finest art rock imaginators Meridian Brothers are back with a new album ¿Dónde Estás María? and European tour dates set for September and October this year. The first taste of the new album is the title track... Read Article
If you haven’t already, you will soon hear and read his name quite a lot, because Thor Partridge, better known as Thornato is one of the most interesting, up-and-coming musicians, DJs and producers emerging from the New York global... Read Article
Percussionist Pedro Ojeda has been involved with many groups that form part of the current alternative music scene in Colombia; Frente Cumbiero, Meridian Brothers, Sidestepper, Chúpame el Dedo, to name a few. Now he leads Romperayo, a project... Read Article
Few artists have been as responsible for elevating the folk music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast – and in particular cumbia – to the world stage as Totó La Momposina. Born in 1940 to a musical family, Totó loved singing and... Read Article
Back in 2012, Ondatropica exceeded all expectations. If there was ever any question about the ability of the band’s leaders (Mario Galeano & Will ‘Quantic‘ Holland), the outcome proved they had it in abundance, with genuine eclecticism, originality and... Read Article
In a shady billiards joint in La Candelaria, central Bogotá, Antonio Yammara, a young law professor frequently spends his evening. There, the professor – who wrote his dissertation on how Hamlet’s insanity exempts him from responsibility – often... Read Article
Although the terms ‘third world’ and ‘first world’ may still hold true in some aspects of Latin America, contemporary architecture and building developments in recent years have certainly elevated this region on par with the rest of the... Read Article
Bogotá, Colombia’s “champeta champions” Tribu Baharú are on their way back to the United States to perform in the nation’s capitol of Washington, D.C., New York, and “pine tree state” of Maine. The mini-tour comes just eight months after the... Read Article
Discrepant Records have continued their work releasing experimental music with a wide geographical focus thanks to the recent and upcoming releases of two notable Colombian projects, Chupame El Dedo‘s debut album on vinyl, and the forthcoming reissue of... Read Article
The work of US photographer Spencer Tunick is synonymous with redefining the human body and how we perceive it. Using mass groups of nude people, Tunick uses their bodies as canvas, creating new shapes from their unadorned forms. As well... Read Article
