Earlier in the year, we presented to you La Sonora Mazuren, a crazed new magical carpet of sound emerging from Colombia. Drawing on a plethora of influences, and maintaining a kaleidoscopic approach in their production the band recently... Read Article
Cuba’s music, and its people who are seemingly so invested in keeping its classic alive, is perhaps the biggest thing I took away when I visited the island in 2013. Everywhere I went, whether it was a large restaurant, or a... Read Article
Martín López is one of Peruvian music’s most interesting and enigmatic characters. A policeman by day and singer by night, López and his revolving cast of musicians managed to play just about every genre of tropical music in... Read Article
Peru’s Dengue Dengue Dengue take the music of the continent’s north and give it a modern twist, complete with a nod to gringo beats (Boards of Canada’s cumbia makeover here is stellar). DDD is a duo made up... Read Article
Over the past sixty years, the Colombian music genre Cumbia has rocked dance floors in it’s native land as well as the global music stage. However, cumbia has not always been so popular with the music-loving masses. Its... Read Article
