Puerto Rico
We Are What’s Left of a Nation After Colonialism: An Interview with Puerto Rico’s Los Bronson
Los Bronson are an instrumental group based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Using surf rock as their base, the band... Read Article
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
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