Ruben Blades

New music: ‘Accidente’ by Making Movies

By Gina Vergel 18 November, 2019

Indie immigrant rockers Making Movies drop a new Spanish-language single as they’re in Mexico City, set to open for one... Read Article

On our radar: the Boricua edition, ‘Puerto Rico se levanta’

By Gina Vergel 31 July, 2019

If you noticed #RickyRenuncia trending on social media platforms throughout the last couple of weeks and wondered what it was... Read Article

New Music: Making Movies feat Rubén Blades: ‘No Te Calles’

By Gina Vergel 18 January, 2019

There’s something about listening to Rubén Blades passionately belt out the first lyric in a new collaboration with Kansas City’s... Read Article

Documentary Starring Making Movies Nominated for Emmy

By Gina Vergel 20 August, 2018

A documentary following brothers Enrique and Diego Chi of the band Making Movies as they travel to Panama has been nominated... Read Article

Ten Of The Best From… Rubén Blades

By Pablo E. Yglesias 12 July, 2018

It is no exaggeration to say that Panamanian singer/songwriter, actor, lawyer, and politician Rubén Blades is one of the most... Read Article

EXCLUSIVE: Stream La Mambanegra’s New Break Salsa EP ‘La Galeria’ + Interview with Jacobo Velez

By Russ Slater 20 January, 2016

La Mambanegra are not your average salsa band. Speaking to bandleader Jacobo Vélez (in the interview below) it is clear... Read Article

The Evolution of Boogat

By Amaya Garcia 09 December, 2015

There is no question that Boogat is a guerrillero urbano; an urban warrior of sorts. Some of the first verses... Read Article

Cal Jader’s Best Tracks of 2014

By Russ Slater 17 December, 2014

We asked Movimientos’ Cal Jader – a man at the heart of London’s Latin American music scene – to pick... Read Article

REVIEW Calle 13 – MultiViral

By Nadia Reiman 22 April, 2014

Few albums are as well crafted and thought out as Calle 13‘s fifth record MultiViral. Through it, the hybrid rap/alt-rock/urban/experimental... Read Article