Within the hot and humid Santiago de Cali night, the streets surrounding Petronio Álvarez festival ring out with the sound of people selling traditional aphrodisiac liquors viche, tomaseca and arrechón (translating roughly as ‘horny’), homemade and bottled to... Read Article
There can be no doubt that Petronio Álvarez is the most important festival anywhere in the world for celebrating the music and culture of Colombia’s Pacific Coast. In Cali every August musicians come from across Colombia’s Pacific Coast... Read Article
Herencia de Timbiquí dominated Bogotá last week in two shows that perfectly summed up the band´s broad appeal. Music born in the heart of the Pacific, fused with urban beats from the hot, gritty, salsa-loving city of Cali,... Read Article
After featuring at the recent Colombian Film Festival in New York and scooping the Best New Narrative Director Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, the acclaimed Colombian film Manos Sucias (Dirty Hands) will be screening across the US... Read Article
Ask most costeño Colombians what the best thing about the Christmas holidays are, and you’re likely to hear that they are the unofficial kickoff for Carnival of Barranquilla. Out with the Christmas decorations and in with the Carnival ones —... Read Article
A new craft is winging its way through the sonic solar system, built from creaky amps and sleek laptops, powered by dayglo Caribbean sun and the brilliant pulse of street parties, and steered by hip-hop Afronauts from one... Read Article
