Que Canchero: New Sounds of Argentina is our tribute to Argentina’s thriving underground music scene, featuring the artists and groups pushing nueva canción, rock, folk and digital cumbia into brand new territories. Working alongside the Argentine record label... Read Article
So far digital folklore has done good in maintaining its status as a developing music genre rather than standing as a musical trend. With the digital domain continually revealing new artists and labels, it’s been the physical realm... Read Article
Soema Montenegro is undoubtedly one of our favourite Latin American singers, an Argentine artist that lives up to the Mercedes Sosa comparisons. In 2011 we fell in love with her second album, Passionaria, and the chances are we... Read Article
It’s always nice to have a concept behind any new project, so when I was choosing the tracks for this new compilation of music from across South America I decided that Sueños (translating as “dreams”) seemed like a... Read Article
In a soon-to-be-published interview Colombian musician Teto Ocampo (once of El Bloque and Carlos Vives’ group and currently of Mucho Indio) named Lulacruza and Soema Montenegro as two artists with which he shares a common vision. It’s easy... Read Article
The time has come again to choose our favourite albums of the year. It’s a task that’s never easy, especially after the bumper year we’ve had, with great music coming from all over South America, reflected in the... Read Article
This year has seen new releases from Soema Montenegro, Violeta Castillo, Julieta Sabanes and Luciana Taglipietra. It’s almost as if the death of Mercedes Sosa has left a huge space that the female singers of Argentina must try... Read Article
From the first song of Pasionaria it is clear you have entered into a truly singular world with Soema Montenegro‘s voice alone singing “Leyenda del Cururú”. At times her voice is as graceful as Mercedes Sosa singing the... Read Article
New albums from Soema Montenegro and Luciana Taglipietra as well as two EPs from Violeta Castillo could well ensure that 2011 will be the year of the female voice in Argentina.
