On New Single, GRLFRNDWRKS Returns to Dominican Roots
With the release of his newest single, “Palos”, New York-based DJ and producer Héctor Merejo, otherwise known as GRLFRNDWRKS (pronounced... Read Article
Puerto Rico
On Our Radar: Skeptic, Cimafunk, Ghetto Kumbé, University of Tropical Sound & New Music by Natalia Clavier
On our radar this week is meaningful music from a Puerto Rican artist affected by Hurricane Maria, a forward-thinking rapper... Read Article
BRIC: A Space in Brooklyn to Open Borders
While we share tons of news about upcoming or past concerts on these digital pages, rarely do we get into... Read Article
The Caribbean Reigns Supreme on Three New Tracks You Have to Hear
There’s no shortage of new music coming out of the Caribbean. Artists routinely dominating the charts in the widely encompassing... Read Article
Andrea Cruz, A New Puerto Rican Talent Bound for SXSW
Andrea Melina Cruz Tirado is a singer-songwriter from Puerto Rico. In recent years she has expressed her day-to day life... Read Article
Events in NYC Aim to Help Hurricane-Battered Puerto Rico
La Isla del Encanto is in a bad way. Hurricane Maria, a category 5 storm, ravaged the island, leaving most... Read Article
Ministerio de la Parranda: a Party to Preserve the ‘Sancocho of Flavors’ in NYC
When DJ and Que Bajo?! party co-founder Geko Jones returned from spending some time living in his mother’s home island of... Read Article
Fifth edition of New York AfroLatinoFest to honor women of the diaspora
In a year that brought us the Fyre Festival fiasco, in which bevy of wealthy kids were lured to the Bahamas with... Read Article
Cosa Nuestra: ‘Pa’ La Ciudad’, A Fiesta with a Side of History
If there’s one thing we took away with us after attending “Pa La Cuidad” in Brooklyn on April 22, it... Read Article
REVIEW Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator
Hurray for the Riff Raff is a project so strongly centred around the voice, vision, and personality of one person—Alynda... Read Article
Textured and Ambient: The Lowercase Sounds of San Juan Artist Eduardo F. Rosario
Recently I wandered into an old record shop. It’s musty smell and compacted layout rolled out into the tiny confines... Read Article
Miramar’s Evocative Boleros Will Make You Sit With Your Feelings
The bolero is a genre of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance. As a child, this writer wasn’t too fond of the “slow... Read Article