Taking Time to Contemplate: An Interview with Totó La Momposina
Few artists have been as responsible for elevating the folk music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast – and in particular cumbia... Read Article
San Basilio de Palenque
‘Champeta Puro Vacile’ in Tribu Baharu’s New Video
The latest video from the Bogotá-based champeta group Tribu Baharu hits like a tonne of fluorescent, jumping, hyperactive bricks. Effervescing... Read Article
New video: Colectro ‘Magende’
It’s always ‘puro vacilón’ when our favorite Bogotá, Colombia,-based Barranquilleros release new music. Colectro, which dub their style of folkloric-tinged rock music as... Read Article
REVIEW Geko Jones & Atropolis Present: Palenque Records Remixed
Palenque Records Remixed is a unique compilation which features two different meetings of cultures in two different moments in time.... Read Article
NEW VIDEO: Mitú “Mercedez”
Colombian electro-champeta duo Mitú today premièred the third video from their debut Potro album. Mitú, which pairs the percussion and... Read Article
Geko Jones and Atropolis Remix Palenque Records + Uproot Andy Releases New EP
Do Uproot Andy and Geko Jones ever sleep?
Palenke Soultribe feat. Batata “El Makako”
Brand new video from Palenke Soultribe, the Los Angeles-based Colombians with a taste for mixing their Colombian roots with electronic... Read Article
Channelling Cumbia with Leon Murcia
Leon Murcia is a man of cumbia. He was born to a mother of African descent and a father with... Read Article
Jende Ri Palenge: New Music and DVD Project from Bomba Estereo’s Simon Mejia
An exciting new project has been released today by Soul Jazz Records. Jende Ri Palenge is the culmination of Santiago... Read Article
Palenque Palenque! La Memoria Viva
From Cartagena we drove an hour to one of our last and most expected destinations, the mystical heart of Africa... Read Article
Cartagena: African legacy in America
Back from Isla Grande, we spent a few days in Cartagena, a beautiful city, also one of the most important... Read Article