‘They Call Me Nella, the One with the Fractured Voice’
I spoke to Nella Rojas Mata while she was visiting Caracas, Venezuela. She made time for our meeting by stepping away... Read Article
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REVIEW La Familia
La Familia (The Family, 2018 / Dir: Gustavo Rondón Córdova) starts with a scene among feisty young rebels, the reality of... Read Article
New Music: ‘TBT’ by Venezuela/Brooklyn’s MPeach
Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist MPeach‘s new single “TBT” pays homage to the nostalgia and generation-defining markers of early perreo days, harkening... Read Article
Sam Reider and Jorge Glem: An Unlikely Pair?
The repertoire bounced between folk Americana, to waltz, to high-speed joropo, to cha cha cha, to gypsy folk, to Venezuelan... Read Article
Andrés Duque – Intuitive Film-making in a Chaotic World
He never went to film school but Andrés Duque has established a reputation for very personal experimental films. His work,... Read Article
REVIEW Algodón Egipcio – La Confianza Ciega
La Confianza Ciega is a kaleidoscopic record. That was the overpowering feeling that I had listening to the new offering... Read Article
The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf
With The Invention of Nature (subtitled The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science) Andrea Wulf makes... Read Article
Caribbean Sass and Worldly Swagger: An Interview With MPeach + VIDEO PREMIÈRE
MPeach is a Latina del futuro, a Latin of the future, as she titles one of her latest tracks. The... Read Article
Venezuela’s Algodón Egipcio Finds ‘Multistability’ On New Single
There can be little doubt that Algodón Egipcio is one of the most inventive producers in Latin America. The Caracas-born... Read Article
Movimientos Release New Sounds of Venezuela EP (Free Download)
Bituaya, La Gallera Social Club and Monsalve Y Los Forajidos all feature on a new compilation EP from Movimientos entitled New... Read Article
Latin American Architecture at the MoMA
This past July the Museum of Modern Art in New York City wrapped up its four month long exhibition, Latin... Read Article
Venezuelan Producer Arca Releases Free-To-Download ‘Sheep’ Mixtape
Nobody could ever call Venezuelan producer Arca a slouch. Ever since he dropped his Stretch 1 and Stretch 2 EPs... Read Article