INTERVIEW: Otura Mun On Dual Identities, Puerto Rico and ÌFÉ’s First World Tour
Few electronic music artists today so unabashedly embrace the realm of the sacred in their musical philosophy. But ÌFÉ, the... Read Article
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Fusing Cuba’s Rich Rhythms with Electronics: An Interview With Ariwo
If you’ve not heard of Ariwo yet then you can be excused. The group is a brand new entity, put... Read Article
Teaser from Eliane Correa & En El Aire Project’s New Album
Right in time for the launch of Eliane Correa & En El Aire Project‘s new exciting Cuban fusion album Rumba Con Flores on... Read Article
REVIEW Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura Band – Havana Club Rumba Sessions
The latest instalment in the Havana Cultura series focuses specifically upon the three principal rhythmic styles that underpin rumba: guaguancó, yambu,... Read Article
REVIEW Havana Club Rumba Sessions: La Clave
Nearly thirty years have passed since Gilles Peterson curated his first Sunday afternoon session at the legendary Dingwalls club in... Read Article
REVIEW Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa
Missing the homeland and in need of a little dancing fix? The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa is waiting for... Read Article
Rumba Tropical in aid of Children of the Andes
The UK’s biggest charity working exclusively in Colombia, Children of the Andes, is having a party in aid of a... Read Article
Whether you ‘World Cup’ or not: June music events in New York City
Now that the 2014 FIFA World Cup is hours away, cities from Barcelona to Zurich have Brazil-themed events lined up.... 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
Quantic and His Combo Barbaro @ The Barbican — 24th June
“Who likes cumbia?” Right from the start it was clear that Quantic and his Combo Barbaro (a group of Cuban,... Read Article
REVIEW Quantic Presenta Towering Inferno – Dog With A Rope
From the opening effect shot and rattle of drums there’s no mistaking the dub roots underlying the new release by... Read Article
If Fred Astaire Got Grit and Was Swept Up by Cuban Orishas… Max Pollak Taps the Fourth Dimension of Rumba
Dancer and percussionist Max Pollak has performed for Fidel Castro one night and rural Cuban sugar workers the next. He... Read Article