“Whether you like it or not, the only safe place out there is the past” When people ask me for literature recommendations from my own country, I normally go for Mario Benedetti. Not necessarily because I wish to... Read Article
Bogotá’s Sello In-Correcto recently released the third edition of its El Sudaca Contraataca compilation, a series of albums which bring together some of the freshest and most select projects in South America’s underground scene. On this latest release, the compilation... Read Article
I can still vividly remember the weeks preceding my first excursion alone in Latin America, to Nicaragua and Honduras, in which I was completely engulfed in the poems of Ruben Dario, the biography of Augusto Sandino, and paperback... Read Article
When I first saw Sounds and Colours ask for a list of the top books in Latin American history, I assumed such a list would come easily to me. Ideas for books to include, of course, have come... Read Article
The 41st Buenos Aires International Book Fair took place April 21 to May 11 at La Rural fairground and was opened by renowned playwright Roberto “Tito” Coss. There were 500 exhibitors, 4,000 publishing houses and an estimated 1.3... Read Article
“Now I feel more than ever proud of having been born in America, in this shit, in this marvel”: an insight into the works and legacy of Eduardo Galeano. “¡Un clasico!”, I glanced over to see an elderly... Read Article
Like the most of us, Eduardo Galeano had never been a footballer. Well, of course he played fútbol, but he never played it in a professional way. Even if, like every Uruguayan children, he “always wanted to be... Read Article
History and Eduardo Galeano have an intimate relationship. History offers Galeano timeless access to the scrolls that disentangle themselves across the planet for his perusal, yet the relationship is certainly reciprocal. In payment for this access, Galeano bears... Read Article
Imagine: a proud lion has been chased, shot and trapped by poachers who descended heavy-footed upon his land. The poachers are winged and foreign to the lion’s land, as well as dispassionate, or passionate only to wealth’s nefarious... Read Article
Few albums are as well crafted and thought out as Calle 13‘s fifth record MultiViral. Through it, the hybrid rap/alt-rock/urban/experimental band delivers its most sophisticated and best produced record thus far. It’s playful, profound and melodic while having... Read Article
Last month we got an email from the Brazilian music/graphic design collective coletivoACTION telling us about a mixtape of Uruguayan candombe-influenced music they’d put together. Well, it’s been a busy month and so we only just got round... Read Article
Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History (Los hijos de los días), by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, illuminates the potentialities of humanity through poems, tales, histories and observation. The pictures Galeano creates fill and overflow their... Read Article
