Mateo Alone Licks Himself Well
I first heard Eduardo Mateo thanks to a bald-headed man on a Vespa in a small Uruguayan town called Tacuarembó. There was really no reason for me to be there, other than the fact I knew that a... Read Article
Los Shakers
MIXTAPE ¡Oyé, Oyé! Candombe Uruguayo Mixtape
Last month we got an email from the Brazilian music/graphic design collective coletivoACTION telling us about a mixtape of Uruguayan candombe-influenced music they’d put together. Well, it’s been a busy month and so we only just got round... Read Article
MIXTAPE Uruguay, Uruguay, Uruguay Mixtape (50 years of Uruguayan Music)
Uruguay has one of the richest musical histories of the South American countries. The tango and milonga were in fact partly developed, as were the early musical expeditions of Carlos Gardel, who was born in Tacuarembó in the... Read Article