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Betsayda Machado y la Parranda El Clavo’s Essential Afro-Venezuelan Release ‘Loé Loá’ To Be Released on Vinyl

By Russ Slater 09 July, 2019

An astounding release, Loé Loá – Rural Recordings Under The Mango Tree, placed #3 in our Best Albums of 2017, and with very good reason. Unlike folk recordings that can often seem pleasant or procedural, Loé Loa is... Read Article

Venezuelans Have ‘Parranda’ in NYC with Singer Betsayda Machado

By Gina Vergel 18 January, 2017

It may have come a few weeks after Christmas, but Venezuelans in New York City had a proper parranda with singer Betsayda Machado y la Parranda El Clavo. Machado and her group, coming off of a standing-room-only debut at a... Read Article