The short films Uproar and Breaking the circle part of WOMEX 20 Digital’s Film Programme, bring the gender debate in music traditions in Latin America to light. Discussions about sexism in music traditions is much needed in Brazil... Read Article
There’s no shortage of new music coming out of the Caribbean. Artists routinely dominating the charts in the widely encompassing urbano genre hail from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and hip-hop and jazz artists from Cuba have... Read Article
Few electronic music artists today so unabashedly embrace the realm of the sacred in their musical philosophy. But ÌFÉ, the first solo project of Puerto Rico based producer Otura Mun, has no qualms on this front. Rooted in... Read Article
If you’ve not heard of Ariwo yet then you can be excused. The group is a brand new entity, put together especially for Manana Cuba, a new festival happening in Santiago de Cuba this May that aims to... Read Article
Right in time for the launch of Eliane Correa & En El Aire Project‘s new exciting Cuban fusion album Rumba Con Flores on January 31st, Movimientos Records have released a promising teaser. Mostly famous for her role as bandleader for the... Read Article
The latest instalment in the Havana Cultura series focuses specifically upon the three principal rhythmic styles that underpin rumba: guaguancó, yambu, and columbia. Inspired by Gilles Peterson’s continued dedication to the music of Cuba, the entire project is comprised of a... Read Article
Nearly thirty years have passed since Gilles Peterson curated his first Sunday afternoon session at the legendary Dingwalls club in North London. From these modest beginnings, he has now become one of the premier tastemakers in UK dance culture;... Read Article
Missing the homeland and in need of a little dancing fix? The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa is waiting for you. With transnational influences taken from salsa and son, this compilation will have you dancing in your chair... Read Article
The UK’s biggest charity working exclusively in Colombia, Children of the Andes, is having a party in aid of a very worthy cause featuring some of London’s best salsa and cumbia stars. Rumba Tropical will see Cali-born Johnny... Read Article
Now that the 2014 FIFA World Cup is hours away, cities from Barcelona to Zurich have Brazil-themed events lined up. (You can check out our nifty guide to London happenings (not all futbol-related) here.) Across the pond in... Read Article
Over the past sixty years, the Colombian music genre Cumbia has rocked dance floors in it’s native land as well as the global music stage. However, cumbia has not always been so popular with the music-loving masses. Its... Read Article
“Who likes cumbia?” Right from the start it was clear that Quantic and his Combo Barbaro (a group of Cuban, Colombian and Peruvian musicians) had come to get everyone dancing.
