immigration | Sounds and Colours

By Sarah Jacobs 10 September, 2020

Towards the beginning of The Garden Left Behind (2019, dir. Flavio Alves), Tina, a young Mexican trans woman in New... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 02 August, 2018

A new single by California’s Las Cafeteras and Kansas City’s Making Movies is a very upbeat celebration of Latin music and... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 29 May, 2018

At a time in which there is outrage about treatment of children taken into United States custody at the Southwest border,... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 20 October, 2017

It’s a trying time to be an immigrant in the United States in a Trump presidency. In September, DACA recipients were... Read Article

MAKU Soundsystem, an eight-piece immigrant band based in New York, mix Colombian beats with American funk, jazz and hip hop. With... Read Article

By Amaya Garcia 09 December, 2015

There is no question that Boogat is a guerrillero urbano; an urban warrior of sorts. Some of the first verses... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 30 January, 2015

The first time Sounds and Colours caught up with New York City’s Outernational, they were in the midst of a tour across... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 16 August, 2013

Los Angeles Son Jorocho darlings, Las Cafeteras, have a new music video that is a sweet departure from their usual... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 08 May, 2013

What’s better than a mixtape that celebrates different sounds coming from a variety of countries? Not much, as far as... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 27 June, 2012

A new video by New York political punk rockers Outernational couldn’t come at a better time. “We Are All Illegals”... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 23 April, 2012

Why would a New York City-based “futurerock” band, made up of five non-Latinos, embark on a tour of the Southwestern... Read Article