Ministerio de la Parranda: a Party to Preserve the ‘Sancocho of Flavors’ in NYC
When DJ and Que Bajo?! party co-founder Geko Jones returned from spending some time living in his mother’s home island of... Read Article
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To Be Honest, I Love To Dance: An Interview with Thornato
If you haven’t already, you will soon hear and read his name quite a lot, because Thor Partridge, better known as... Read Article
Que Bajo?! Keeps Things ‘hyperfuturistic’ with Princess Nokia
Que Bajo?! has been known “New York’s #1 tropical bass party” for close to eights years now, and in that time,... Read Article
[Photos] AfroLatinoFestNYC: ‘Black and Brown es Bello’
At Sounds and Colours, we cover cultural music, film and art events spanning the globe with a clear focus on... Read Article
NYC AfroLatino Fest Comes at an Important Time
It seems the fourth edition of AfroLatinoFest in New York City comes at a crucial time. A survey by the... Read Article
Tego Calderon to headline Copa América Centenario Fest in NYC
Copa América fever has struck New York City and a party being thrown by our friends at Remezcla seeks to... Read Article
Barranquilla’s Carnival is ‘Una Sola Gozadera!’
It’s a hashtag popular among Colombians these days: #hueleacarnaval. Quite simply, it translates to, “It smells like Carnival.” Indeed, we... Read Article
New music: ‘Ralfi Pagan Latin Soul Remixed’ (Compiled by Geko Jones)
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... Read Article
Que Bajo feat. Mr. Pauer, Latin picks for CMJ, lots more on tap in NYC
If October is an indication of what’s in store for the global bass, tropical, Alt-Latino, and AfroColombian scenes in New York... Read Article
REVIEW Uproot Andy – Barrioteca EP
‘Barrioteca Tropical’ is a movement and Uproot Andy is at the forefront. Putting together parties in New York, releasing material... Read Article
Fania celebrates 50 years with events in NYC
Record labels—as in the actual sticker on vinyl records—were always fascinating to me as a kid, thanks to my dad’s... Read Article
MIXTAPE Mix: ‘Maraculeando Con Amor’ by Maracuyeah
For the new year, the North Pole has decided to gift the United States a big, fat, awful round of... Read Article