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Uruguayan Music

Como Animales: A Deeper Look Into Sante Les Amis’ Latest Album

By Marco Pisciotti 31 July, 2018

For more than a decade now, Montevideo-based outfit Sante Les Amis have been working their way up into becoming one... Read Article

REVIEW Valeria Matzner – Anima

By Carolina Amoruso 27 June, 2018

“I don’t want to show I have a pretty voice. I want to tell a story,” says vocalist and composer,... Read Article

Jorge Drexler Releases New Single ‘Asilo’ and Brings Rhythmic Storytelling to London as part of Latin America and Europe Tour

By Gabriel Francis 16 February, 2018

Uruguay’s Jorge Drexler brings us a new single from his latest album Salvavidas de Hielo. “Asilo” features Chilean artist Mon Laferte... Read Article

REVIEW Hablan Por La Espalda – Sangre

By Andrew Lim 04 May, 2016

Sometimes local bands can be like milanesas, everyone thinks theirs is the best. But I know that this album hit... Read Article

REVIEW Santi Mostaffa – Intratable

By Andrew Lim 20 May, 2015

Intratable. It’s an album title that can appeal to any self respecting hip-hop community here in Uruguay, Latin America, or... Read Article

I Wanted This Record To Be Physical: An Interview with Jorge Drexler

By Russ Slater 15 April, 2015

For his last album, Bailar en la Cueva, the Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler took the bold step of relocating to... Read Article

MIXTAPE Selectorchico™’s Revisiting Macondo Mixtape

By Russ Slater 20 March, 2015

After publishing Uruguayan producer Selectorchico™‘s amazing fusion of tropical bass and gnawa music earlier this week, we stumbled across this... Read Article

South America Meets Gnawa Via Uruguay’s Selectorchico

By Russ Slater 16 March, 2015

Uruguay’s Selectorchico has just unleashed a new bomb of a track uniting South American electronica with the sounds of gnawa... Read Article

100% Bittersweet: An Interview with Fernando Lagreca

By Amaya Garcia 08 December, 2014

When it comes to electronic music, creating atmospheres instead of plain old dance tracks is one tricky business that not... Read Article

REVIEW Carmen Sandiego – Ciudad Dormitorio

By Steven Totten 10 November, 2014

Carmen Sandiego’s latest album Ciudad Dormitorio is a testament to the fact that the Uruguayan band is born of a... Read Article

Mateo Alone Licks Himself Well

By Russ Slater 14 July, 2014

I first heard Eduardo Mateo thanks to a bald-headed man on a Vespa in a small Uruguayan town called Tacuarembó.... Read Article

REVIEW Jorge Drexler – Bailar En La Cueva

By Nadia Reiman 23 June, 2014

Jorge Drexler’s thirteenth album Bailar En La Cueva starts with a strong ear-worm of a track and then eases into... Read Article

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