It’s been a blazing summer in Berlin – one of the few positive side-effects of global warming if you are into the hedonistic aspects of life, to which the German capital has plenty to offer. The legendary district... Read Article
The awareness of the present can at times feel like a paradox. Like an empty gap of space nuzzled between two great weights, the past and the future push both against and into each other to continually create... Read Article
Monsieur Periné have just released a new music video for “Nuestra Canción”, one of the highlights from their last album Caja de Música, and which features the talents of Dominican star Vicente Garcia. Directed by Christian Schmid Rincon, the... Read Article
Before being a musical genre, complete with tonal structures and rhythmic conventions, pop music was just short for popular. It was not dictated by any aesthetic constraint, but simply had to be appealing to large groups of people.... Read Article
Manuel García is an artist that has never shied away from change. In his first album, Pánico, the young troubadour drew comparisons to the legendary Chilean Víctor Jara and to the father of Nueva Trova Silvío Rodriguez. García’s... Read Article
Kristian Craig Robinson had been itching for a good, long trip out of London. Well read on South American history, and inspired by the political movements in the region, Robinson embarked on a seven thousand kilometre journey through... Read Article
Great new video from Kumbia Queers, filmed in Buenos Aires. Kumbia Queers are a group of five Argentine girls and one Mexican. Their sound could be described quite simply as nu cumbia, though perhaps tropical punk can at... Read Article
During the early 60’s, the Nueva Canción movement (‘New Song’) was born on Chilean soil. With singer-songwriters paving the way with their socio-politically-fuelled folk tunes, it was a revolutionary spirit that was deeply embedded in the Latin American... Read Article
Known as “the roof top of the world” due to its high elevation in the Andes mountains, Bolivia is a melting pot of indigenous and hybrid forms of music and cultural values. Although sixty percent of the country’s... Read Article
