“I don’t want to show I have a pretty voice. I want to tell a story,” says vocalist and composer, Valeria Matzner. She spent her early years in her native Uruguay, studying Western classical music, while imbibing Brazilian... Read Article
So many of our favourite artists from the emerging Andean Beat scene are present on this glorious mixtape by Plaza Francia. A new name on the block, though one helmed by some seriously-honed musicians, Plaza Francia is a... Read Article
We’re loving this new mixtape from Argentina’s SidiRum, a hangover cure full of Latin American lullabies. In fact, it’s a mix that shows the links between Argentine folklore and the artists currently working at the more chilled-out end... Read Article
Although Gustavo Santaolalla may not be the most recongisable name you will come across on the Sounds and Colours website, his name is quite possibly the most ubiquitous if you were to closely examine the credits on your... Read Article
Spending an evening listening to Presente is, I imagine, a bit like spending a night round a table with the eight members of the Bajofondo collective themselves. You leave with stories from every corner of Argentina and Uruguay... Read Article
In late May, Uruguayan super producer and Bajofondo co-founder Juan Campodónico unleashed his newest musical adventure under the stage name Campo. The record, Bajofondo Presenta: Campo, is the producer’s take on the recent explosion of South American folklore... Read Article
Here’s a track and a release that really snuck under our radar. Campo is the alias of Juan Campodónico, a Uruguayan musician formerly in the great hip-hop/rock band El Peyote Asesino, producer for the likes of Jorge Drexler,... Read Article
