Following on from his Top 10 Tunes of 2017, Cal Jader has now sent us over part of his Best of 2017 mixtape. Featuring tracks from across Latin America as well as bands formed by Latin American migrants... Read Article
If you’ve been following Sounds and Colours since the start you’ll know that we started off by focusing on South American music. The reason for this was simple: we wanted to show that there was an incredible amount... Read Article
Despite Daymé Arocena reaching international audiences and receiving high acclaim, her music hasn’t stopped growing. She has seemingly embraced the not small responsibility of performing a mixture of her Cuban roots heritage with the jazz education and experience that she has gained... Read Article
Daymé Arocena has had a mad few years. Her powerful voice and charisma have taken her on a journey leading to global recognition, being labelled as the face of modern Cuba and gaining Gilles Peterson as a mentor.... Read Article
Daymé Arocena is a sign of the changes in Cuba, of opening up, a country spreading its wings into the face of a globalised and capitalist world. Her mentor is the legendary DJ, broadcaster and producer Giles Peterson,... Read Article
Though world music can be found in New York City virtually year-round, January is a time when a plethora of global sounds can be seen in the Big Apple, thanks to the APAP conference and globalFEST. globalFEST, Sunday, Jan.... Read Article
“¡Ay, qué manera de caer hacia arriba y de ser sempiterna, esta mujer!” (“Oh, the way this woman has of falling upwards and being eternal!”) These are the opening lines to Pablo Neruda’s poem “Una Elegia para Cantar” (An... Read Article
As we’re now more than half the way through 2016 we figured it was only right that we shared some of the tracks that we’ve been loving so far this year. What follows is a playlist featuring some... Read Article
Music has always had a particular ability to enliven one’s life, whether through the elegance of masterfully-arranged sounds or even the beauty of an album’s artwork. Music trails design, literature, language and many other human activities behind it... Read Article
This April, London’s Latin music festival La Línea returns for its sixteenth year in the capital, bringing some of the best contemporary talents from Latin America to venues across the city. Chile’s kings of cumbia Chico Trujillo will... Read Article
While United States President Barack Obama was making global headlines seated next to Cuban President Raul Castro at a baseball game at Havana’s Estadio LatinoAmericano, one of the island’s most promising Latin jazz talents was getting ready for... Read Article
We are fast approaching festival season. Austin’s South by Southwest® (SXSW®) is around the corner, as are Miami’s electronic music weeks, and the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in New York City has early registration all set to go for... Read Article
