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By Russ Slater 15 April, 2015

For his last album, Bailar en la Cueva, the Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler took the bold step of relocating to... Read Article

By Russ Slater 26 November, 2014

Ahí Vienen! from Argentine duo Eduardo Herrera (pictured above right) and Zelmar Garín (pictured above left) is one of our albums of... Read Article

By Russ Slater 14 July, 2014

I first heard Eduardo Mateo thanks to a bald-headed man on a Vespa in a small Uruguayan town called Tacuarembó.... Read Article

By Russ Slater 24 January, 2014

Last month we got an email from the Brazilian music/graphic design collective coletivoACTION telling us about a mixtape of Uruguayan... Read Article

By Russ Slater 05 April, 2012

One of our favourite releases of last year was Sessions Vol.I Antropofagia by Uruguayan group Metis. The EP’s five tracks... Read Article

By Russ Slater 07 December, 2011

Vincent Vega are not named after the John Travolta character in Pulp Fiction but actually after the combined names of... Read Article

By Russ Slater 17 August, 2011

I was really disappointed upon first listening to Guarco‘s debut album Fiebre. The press release spoke of an artist who... Read Article

By Russ Slater 03 December, 2010

World Music Charts Europe have just released their list of the most-listened to World Music artists of 2010, according to... Read Article

By Russ Slater 02 December, 2010

Uruguay has one of the richest musical histories of the South American countries. The tango and milonga were in fact... Read Article

By Russ Slater 28 November, 2010

It’s impossible to spend anytime in Montevideo, Uruguay, without suddenly feeling like you’re in the middle of a parade. The... Read Article

By Russ Slater 17 September, 2010

We thought it was about time we celebrated South America as one, bringing together some of the artists and styles... Read Article

By Russ Slater 20 May, 2010

In many ways Montevideo is seen as synonymous with Buenos Aires. They are both capital cities of countries that lay... Read Article