Maria Usbeck was born in Ecuador but moved to New York when she turned 17, initially feeling more attracted to Anglo-Saxon culture. Amparo, her debut solo album, is a return ticket to her native land, a double introspection into... Read Article
As I write this I’m sitting in a Sao Paulo airport waiting for my flight connection heading home from my time in Santiago. I’ve slept two hours of the last 24. I smell strongly of perfume, after the... Read Article
There are few monuments more recognisable than the ‘heads’ of Easter Island. The extraordinary statues have enchanted people in the West since the islands’ discovery on Easter Day 1722 by Dutchman Jacob Roggereen. For the Polynesian population of... Read Article
