Across Colombia, homemade red flags can be seen hanging from facades, each one representing a household in economic crisis, without the means to buy themselves even a basic food shop. The flags may also be taken as a... Read Article
There’s a lot of new music in our radar, and the tracks range from celebratory salsa for the holidays to a gaita-filled protest track from an old friend in Colombia. Check it out: Philly: Salsa Lab, ‘Parranda en... Read Article
Siempre Bruja (Always a Witch), Netflix’s much anticipated original series based in Cartagena, Colombia, premiered earlier this month. It tells the story of Carmen, a 19-year-old slave and witch, who is in a forbidden relationship with the white son... Read Article
“We’re going to do it”. That’s the message of the new video from Pernett and Quantic. “Vamos A Hacer” is a digital cumbia in classic Pernett fashion, shot through with the spirit of carnival (not to mention Pernett’s sublime... Read Article
Colombian band Sidestepper are set to return to London for a much-anticipated show featuring their live band to perform their stunning new album Supernatural Love at East London’s Village Underground. One of the pioneers of the Colombian electro-cumbia... Read Article
During a time when global bass is at the forefront of musical exploration and sonic innovation through its mixing of electronics with regional genres, there are some projects that shine by placing their value in the unknown life... Read Article
When we first saw Delsonido perform at a nightclub, we thought, here is a jam band influenced heavily by Colombian sounds, big on improvisation, as many of New York City’s jazz musicians have been playing for years. One got the idea... Read Article
As our friend Cal Jader put it on his Movimientos podcast the other week, Novalima “are back!” (Check out his interview with band member, Rafael Morales.) We couldn’t be more thrilled to hear new music from the multi-piece collective, who... Read Article
Que Pasa Colombia is the name of a brand new documentary from film-makers Olivier Hoffschir and Thomas Petitberghien. It’s focus is the very same music scene that we fell in love with in Colombia, the musicians who are... Read Article
For the new year, the North Pole has decided to gift the United States a big, fat, awful round of frigid air via an atrocity called the ‘polar vortex.’ (Readers from the United Kingdom will know what I’m... Read Article
How could we not feature this mix on Sounds and Colours? Pedrolito Radioglobal, who has furnished us with fine selections of Peruvian grooves and cumbia in the past, has now come up trumps with this gem focusing on... Read Article
Here are 10 of our favourite carnival songs, including choice cuts old and new from Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. Whether you’re in Latin America or not this February make sure you keep the Carnival spirit alive with... Read Article
