The long-standing London Latin music festival, La Linea, will soon return for its 20th edition, taking over venues between April 15th and May 4th. The first acts to be announced included the enchanting electro bossa nova queen, Bebel... Read Article
From April 25th until May 5th, a glorious contingent of Latin American artists will head to London for La Linea, the capital’s very own Latin music festival. This year’s edition, as is the norm, will be a mix... Read Article
Uruguay’s Jorge Drexler brings us a new single from his latest album Salvavidas de Hielo. “Asilo” features Chilean artist Mon Laferte and was recorded in just one take. Drexler has described it as “a plea for a sentimental refuge... Read Article
It’s that time of the year again. And by this we mean of course, the announcement of La Linea Latin Music Festival’s keenly anticipated 2018 line-up. If you can overlook December’s impending tide of boozing, baubles and ubiquitous... Read Article
It’s been close to nine years since Mexican artist Julieta Venegas last played in London, but thankfully she’s back, performing on April 18th at the Barbican Centre, as part of this year’s La Linea 17 festival. Since her... Read Article
More than twenty years ago, Joey Burns and John Convertino decided to call their new musical project Calexico. Named after a frontier town in the US, it sums up the cultural and traditional mezcla (mixture) between Mexican and... Read Article
This April, London’s Latin music festival La Línea returns for its sixteenth year in the capital, bringing some of the best contemporary talents from Latin America to venues across the city. Chile’s kings of cumbia Chico Trujillo will... Read Article
Emicida is undoubtedly one of the foremost names in Brazilian hip-hop. After immersing himself in the battle rap scene of São Paulo, where his skills for improv had few rivals, he released a string of mixtapes and YouTube... Read Article
The yearly announcement of La Linea‘s line-up is always an event for anyone interested in Latin music in the UK and this year is no different. Latin music of all varieties is well-represented in this year’s line-up which... Read Article
Ed Motta knows a thing or two about soul. As the nephew of Brazil’s finest soul man Tim Maia, it’s in his genes. But he hasn’t relied on a family connection to build his reputation. With 12 studio... Read Article
If you’re into Latin music and live in London you will undoubtedly be aware of La Linea. The event, which is back for its 14th edition this year, is notorious for bringing over a diverse and often surprising... Read Article
Thanks to the La Linea music festival April is the time of the year when London gets decidedly Latin, which means that even if the weather may not be imploring you to shake your rump and order a... Read Article
