New Music: ‘Porro Maracatu’ by LADAMA
Updated 21/08/17: Music video for “Porro Maracatu” below. A new single but a brand new group headed by four women... Read Article
Cumbia
REVIEW San Ignacio – Lugares Para Nadar
On their latest release, Fértil Discos have done what they do best and released another album of deep folkloric explorations... Read Article
Celebrate Colombian Independence in NYC with Tribu Baharu, Locos Por Juana & Grupo Rebolu
Colombians in New York City long flocked to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens for one of the largest Independence... Read Article
REVIEW Deltatron – Ego Trip
Throughout the history of Terror Negro records, they have always adopted an obscure approach to tropical bass music, whether through the militant... Read Article
Taking Time to Contemplate: An Interview with Totó La Momposina
Few artists have been as responsible for elevating the folk music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast – and in particular cumbia... Read Article
Diggin’ For Latin Records With DJ Nu-Mark In Santiago’s Barrio Franklin
The year 2016 was an intense one, with ups and lots of downs, but it was undeniably full of possibilities... Read Article
REVIEW Edwin Sanz – Overflow
It starts in a madcap whirl of old-school R&B and London gospel, intertwined with spiralling Latin brass and percussion. And... Read Article
PREMIÈRE: Psychedelic Cumbia from Australia’s San Lazaro on New Single ‘La Ola’
Melbourne, Australia may not seem the obvious breeding ground for psychedelic cumbia inspired by the Colombian and Peruvian cumbia groups... Read Article
REVIEW Dany F – Tropical State Of Mind
From time to time, the blogosphere is taken by storm with new music from Dany F, yet every time he... Read Article
Explore Electronic Variations of Venezuelan Folklore With La Gallera Social Club And Their New Album ‘Caribe’
After two successful EPs, Ecos Del Tercer Mundo Vol. 1 from 2011 and Vol. 2 from 2012, the Venezuelan electronic experimentalists La... Read Article
REVIEW Hablan Por La Espalda – Sangre
Sometimes local bands can be like milanesas, everyone thinks theirs is the best. But I know that this album hit... Read Article
Quantic Returns To London For The ‘Tropical Elevation World Tour’
On 19th May, musician, producer and DJ Quantic, a.k.a Will Holland, will return to the capital for a special live... Read Article