With her honey-hued debut release hitting half a million plays on Spotify, María Isabel is a name you need to know. I caught up with the Dominican-American newcomer online to discuss the song, its warm, cinematic video and... Read Article
It would be tempting to argue that the hot-blooded, fast-living rumbero of African origin from the slums of Havana was the inventor of what became known as Cubop or Afro-Cuban jazz. Certainly the course of Latin music history... Read Article
NYC-based producer Atropolis is following up recent EP Jump with another multi-cultural release, and this time he has brought along Brazilian singer Zuzuka Poderosa for a track seething with anger. Last time we featured Atropolis he was in... Read Article
The repertoire bounced between folk Americana, to waltz, to high-speed joropo, to cha cha cha, to gypsy folk, to Venezuelan merengue. There was never a dull moment at this concert at the Red Poppy ArtHouse in San Francisco.... Read Article
The current exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil, celebrates exactly what the title implies: the invention of a modern Brazilian art through the confluence of European styles and... Read Article
Ela Minus is an alias of Colombia-born Bogotá-raised musician Gabriela Jimeno who is currently based in New York. Musically speaking she has come a long way. She started young as a drummer in the hardcore band Ratón Pérez... Read Article
Cultural movements are hard to put into words. They involve pictures, sounds and complex ideas, but a good way to try and define them is to talk about them. That is exactly what New Latin Wave is about. It’s a... Read Article
Fresh off the heels of a wonderful AfrolatinoFest in NYC, it’s once again time for the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC), and many alumni of the conference are in the Big Apple to perform. Now in its 18th year, LAMC... Read Article
Brazilian film Neon Bull by Gabriel Mascaro was the big winner at Cinema Tropical’s recent awards show, winning Best Latin American Film of the Year. Other big gongs went to Mexican film Tempestad by Tatiana Huezo which was awarded... Read Article
MAKU Soundsystem, an eight-piece immigrant band based in New York, mix Colombian beats with American funk, jazz and hip hop. With roots in Barranquilla, Bogota, the Bronx and Savannah, GA, MAKU’s new album brings a powerful and honest sound... Read Article
The work of visual artist Felix González-Torres will be celebrated in a three-part exhibition, taking place at the Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York, Massimo De Carlo in Milan and Hauser & Wirth in London in May, June and... Read Article
M.A.K.U. Soundsystem are back with their most visceral record to date. The group, whose members hail from Colombia as well as New York, where they are based, have been working on Mezcla for the past year and a... Read Article
