Taking Time to Contemplate: An Interview with Totó La Momposina
Few artists have been as responsible for elevating the folk music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast – and in particular cumbia... Read Article
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Colombian Rhythmns Go Global
Colombian Loops is an app, an online store and a digital platform designed to allow people from all over the... Read Article
Colombian Film Fest in NYC to Feature Documentary on Porro
The New York Colombian Film Festival is all set to kick off later this month, and it will feature loads... Read Article
Lisandro Meza: Legacy of a Cumbia Kingpin
“No, no, we’re inside the Gran Centro, not next to it!,” Lisandro shouts to me over the buzzy loudspeaker of... Read Article
MIXTAPE Pedro Ojeda’s Rarezas Colombianas Mixtape
Pedro Ojeda is a drummer and percussionist from Bogotá. He plays in Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero, Romperayo, Ondatrópica, Sidestepper and... Read Article
The Familial Vibe of NYC’s M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
They say that the family that plays together, stays together. All right, maybe no one ever really said that. But... Read Article
El Carnaval de Curramba (Barranquilla, Colombia)
Barranquilla Carnival is one of the most colourful and intense carnivals in South America and second in size only to... Read Article
A Musical Journey Through Cumbia
Over the past sixty years, the Colombian music genre Cumbia has rocked dance floors in it’s native land as well... Read Article
REVIEW The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79
Global music moguls Soundway Records have released another bag of Colombian treats with The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History... Read Article
WIN Best of Michi Sarmiento y Su Combo Bravo
We have 3 copies of the latest instalment in Soundway Records’ excellent series of releases on Colombia music to giveaway.... Read Article
Systema Solar invigorate the Colombian tradition of picó sound systems
System Solar are one of the heaviest groups coming out of Colombia at the moment. They call themselves a ‘collective’... Read Article