Plenty of New Music to Listen To and Buy from Totó La Momposina
Is it just us or has this past summer been a busy one for Totó La Momposina? Let’s be straight,... Read Article
Colombian Music
NEW MUSIC: Plu Con Pla Offer Up Jamaican Take On Colombia’s Pacific Coast Sound
If you’ve been reading this site for a little while now you might have gathered that there is something of... Read Article
An Ode to the Marimba: Colombian Pacific Mourns the Loss of ‘Marimbero’ Ángel Marino Beltrán
The Pacific and wider music community throughout Colombia has been in mourning this week, following the tragic murder of marimba... Read Article
New Music: La Sonora Mazuren ‘Ceferino En Salsa’
Earlier in the year, we presented to you La Sonora Mazuren, a crazed new magical carpet of sound emerging from... Read Article
Balancing The Light and Dark: Aterciopelados Discuss New Album and Roles as Latin American Spokespeople
There’s been a ten-year gap between Rio, Aterciopelados’ most political studio album, and their latest release Claroscura. The world has has changed... Read Article
Radical Twists and Selva Sounds: An Interview with Mitú
Mitú is a Colombian project born several years ago in the brilliant mind of multi-instrumentalist Julian Salazar. Although the concept... Read Article
New Music: Presenting Medellín’s ‘Hello Yak’
Colombia. That well-known meeting point of rockabilly and country, where surf and swing music play out to a big band... Read Article
The Colombian Independent Labels Putting Cultural Preservation At The Heart of Making Music
“I continue because well, it’s what I do. I could be totally ‘out of business’, without even a peso. That... Read Article
Latest Video from Colombian Electronic Duo Mitú Is Anything But Conventional
Electronic duo Mitú have had their music described in many ways; yet if there was one word rarely attributed to... Read Article
12 New Colombian Bands That You Need To Hear
It’s been a crazy couple of years in the Colombian music scene, and it shows no sign of letting up... Read Article
Magín Díaz, Legendary Folk Singer from Colombia, Dead at 95
Magín Díaz, who fell ill while in Las Vegas for the Latin Grammys in which he was nominated on his... Read Article
PREMIÈRE: Latest Video from Rio Mira, Exploring African Heritage of Colombia and Ecuador’s Pacific Coast
The southern Pacific region of Colombia and Ecuador’s Esmeraldas province may be separated by a border, but it hasn’t affected... Read Article