In lieu of our regular mellow Monday-morning offering, Biomigrant‘s “Colombian Solidarity Special” will be drawing attention to Colombia’s ongoing political and social crisis instead. Biomigrant is the producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Alfred Wagner. U.S.-born but settling in Colombia... Read Article
Miss Colombia, Lido Pimienta’s third album is a gloriously introspective album that delves into Pimienta’s complicated relationship to her birth country. Through harmony, rhythm and energetic production, Lido narrates a journey of acceptance, of discovering herself as a site of rich, painful and joyous fusion.
As folklore began to take a greater part of the South American landscape in electronic, fresh independent labels surfaced along the continent to facilitate the trend. Fértil Discos, from Buenos Aires, is one example. Run by El Remolón,... Read Article
It’s been a while since we last heard from Colombia’s La BOA, however, they’re back with quite the bang in 2019. New double A-side, “Máquina” and “Por Eso” was recently released digitally and is set for a Europe-wide... Read Article
Dedicated as they are to the production of lovingly packaged obscure musical curios from a bygone day, those diligent people at Vampisoul in Madrid have been very busy in recent months digging through Peruvian and Colombian packing crates... Read Article
Canalón de Timbiqui released their latest album, De Mar y Río, last month. As with previous albums, it contains a mixture of traditional songs from the Timbiqui region near Colombia’s Pacific coast where the group hail from, as... Read Article
The musical liaisons between the UK and Colombia may not seem obvious at first peek, but curiosity is rewarded by the little anecdotes. Thus we find the legendary tale of The Clash’s Joe Strummer falling in love with... Read Article
Oye Manita is a glance at post-colonial musical resistance courtesy of Colombia’s legendary singer Totó La Momposina. Her voice is the leading instrument, the brush on Oye Manita‘s canvas; its hearty colors are the instruments that follow, providing light... Read Article
Is it just us or has this past summer been a busy one for Totó La Momposina? Let’s be straight, she’s not a performer to sit still, regularly performing around the world, but in terms of new releases,... Read Article
If you’ve been reading this site for a little while now you might have gathered that there is something of an ever-widening spotlight shining on the music emerging from of Colombia’s Pacific coast at the moment. The region... Read Article
The Pacific and wider music community throughout Colombia has been in mourning this week, following the tragic murder of marimba player, Ángel Marino Beltrán, in Timbiquí, Cauca last Sunday evening. Though still under investigation, the killing appears to... Read Article
Earlier in the year, we presented to you La Sonora Mazuren, a crazed new magical carpet of sound emerging from Colombia. Drawing on a plethora of influences, and maintaining a kaleidoscopic approach in their production the band recently... Read Article
