Since their acclaimed album Duas Cidades was released in 2016, BaianaSystem have often been singled out as the most relevant novelty in Brazilian music in recent years. Their cathartic shows and their use of the trio elétrico format during carnival... Read Article
Trying to describe Uruguay’s music scene at the turn of the 21st Century in simple terms is tricky, but perhaps describing it as the ‘avant garde’ cousin of rock en español is the closest we can come to summing... Read Article
Ten years after the release of his last studio album, La Radiolina, and Manu Chao has started posting some new songs again. These have been dropping gradually over the past few weeks and it feels the time is... Read Article
La Mambanegra are not your average salsa band. Speaking to bandleader Jacobo Vélez (in the interview below) it is clear that he doesn’t think of the group as a salsa band at all, instead a mixture of funk,... Read Article
Flavia Coelho is back with more playful melodies, vibrant harmonies, infectious rhythms and open-armed, outward-looking lyrics, picking up where Bossa Muffin left off with her latest offering and second album Mundo Meu. If ever there was an ambassador... Read Article
Music, Politics, and Nationalism in Latin America looks at how culture, specifically folk music – música típica (typical music), neofolclore (new folklore) and nueva canción – was appropriated for the purposes of politics, propaganda, patriotism and national identity.... Read Article
As regular readers of Sounds and Colours will know, we’re rather partial to making lists of films that are freely available online and represent distinct aspects of South American culture. Our latest list is devoted to music documentaries... Read Article
