La Isla del Encanto is in a bad way. Hurricane Maria, a category 5 storm, ravaged the island, leaving most of it without electricity and running water. Residents are starving and phone and internet connection are still intermittent.... Read Article
When DJ and Que Bajo?! party co-founder Geko Jones returned from spending some time living in his mother’s home island of Puerto Rico some months ago, it seems he was bitten by the Boricua party gods to produce something... Read Article
If you haven’t already, you will soon hear and read his name quite a lot, because Thor Partridge, better known as Thornato is one of the most interesting, up-and-coming musicians, DJs and producers emerging from the New York global... Read Article
Que Bajo?! has been known “New York’s #1 tropical bass party” for close to eights years now, and in that time, we’ve watched it grow into something beautiful. Hosted by Dutty Artz DJs Geko Jones, Uproot Andy, and Riobamba,... Read Article
At Sounds and Colours, we cover cultural music, film and art events spanning the globe with a clear focus on Latin America. Diversity is a constant. We interview artists, who cite a wide array of global influences, and we... Read Article
It seems the fourth edition of AfroLatinoFest in New York City comes at a crucial time. A survey by the Pew Research Center, released in March, points to a disconnect in how some Afro-Latinos living in the United States... Read Article
Copa América fever has struck New York City and a party being thrown by our friends at Remezcla seeks to capture the energy in one room. Co-sponsored by Bud Light, and taking place on Saturday, 25th of June,... Read Article
It’s a hashtag popular among Colombians these days: #hueleacarnaval. Quite simply, it translates to, “It smells like Carnival.” Indeed, we are just days away from the Battle of the Flowers (La Batalla de Flores), Barranquilla’s main Carnival event,... Read Article
A new project by Brooklyn’s Geko Jones will resurrect and re-envision the music of Fania artist, Ralfi Pagan, a New York-based Latin soul and salsa singer of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, who was active from the mid-1960s until his early... Read Article
If October is an indication of what’s in store for the global bass, tropical, Alt-Latino, and AfroColombian scenes in New York City leading up into the winter, then the Big Apple is going to be cooking. This Saturday (Oct.... Read Article
‘Barrioteca Tropical’ is a movement and Uproot Andy is at the forefront. Putting together parties in New York, releasing material on independent labels and mixing tropical tunes since the beginning, when even hashtags genres like ‘global bass’ hadn’t... Read Article
Record labels—as in the actual sticker on vinyl records—were always fascinating to me as a kid, thanks to my dad’s absolute love and care for his discos, which my brothers and I were rarely allowed to touch. Most... Read Article
