PREMIÈRE: ‘Arde’ by La Yegros with Sabina Sciubba and Puerto Candelaria
La Yegros‘ duality comes to the fore on “Arde”, the brand new single from her Magnetismo album. With verses in... Read Article
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Colombia’s 95-year-old Musician Magín Díaz Emerges From Obscurity
According to oral histories, Magín Díaz has composed some of Colombia’s most famous folk songs. Songs that generations of Colombians... Read Article
Throes + The Shine Team Up With Colombia’s Meridian Brothers for Blissful Afro-Champeta Joy
Fresh from dropping their first video (featuring Argentina’s La Yegros) from new album Wanga the Portuguese/Angolan rock/kuduro outfit Throes + The Shine have now... Read Article
New Music & Video: ‘Guerreros’ by Throes & the Shine feat La Yegros
A Portuguese-Angolan rock and kuduro fusion collective has collaborated with Buenos Aires’ La Yegros and the result is marvelous. Filled with buoyant... Read Article
La Linea Festival Brings The New Sounds of Latin America To London
This April, London’s Latin music festival La Línea returns for its sixteenth year in the capital, bringing some of the... Read Article
Nomade Festival, A Feast Of Electro Cumbia In The Middle Of The Rainforest
Ah, electro cumbia, that elusive term that encompasses any sound mixing traditional cumbia with electronic beats and samples. After almost... Read Article
La Yegros Presents ‘Chicha Roja’ Video, Teaser for New Album ‘Magnetismo’
Soundway Records, famous for their critically acclaimed compilations of vintage classics from Africa and the Caribbean, are introducing their newest... Read Article
Festival Nómade: A Celebration of Music, Art and Sustainability in the Chilean Wilderness
There are few festivals quite like Festival Nómade. From Wednesday 10th until Monday 15th February this year the festival will... Read Article
The Evolution of Boogat
There is no question that Boogat is a guerrillero urbano; an urban warrior of sorts. Some of the first verses... Read Article
Help ZZK Records Keep On Releasing Great New South American Music
Let’s go back about seven years. Chances are the first time you heard the term ‘electro-cumbia’ it was in relation... Read Article
PREMIÈRE: Captain Planet feat. Samira Winter & Nevilton “Tudo de Bom”
Brooklyn, N.Y., and Los Angeles, Calif., -based super producer Captain Planet has enlisted Brazilian artists, Samira Winter and Nevilton, for help... Read Article
MIXTAPE de Lacey’s Digital Cumbia Mixtape
From cumbia’s modest beginnings in Colombia, its influence has now stretched across the majority of South America. The sound of... Read Article