Venezuela

By Salvatore Maldera 15 January, 2020

This is a recent conversation with Angel Rada, the Venezuelan wizard of Tropical Sounds from Space, celebrating the release of... Read Article

By Russ Slater 19 December, 2019

Barcelona-based label Las Palmas Music, fresh from releasing the first album by Daniel Grau in over 30 years are now... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 27 September, 2019

September has brought us many new tunes by artists we dig and this edition of ‘On our Radar’ is all... Read Article

By Russ Slater 09 July, 2019

An astounding release, Loé Loá – Rural Recordings Under The Mango Tree, placed #3 in our Best Albums of 2017,... Read Article

By S&C Team 21 December, 2018

Time for our round-up of the best albums of the year and, as ever, the criteria remains the same. These... Read Article

By Rennea Couttenye 12 November, 2018

I spoke to Nella Rojas Mata while she was visiting Caracas, Venezuela. She made time for our meeting by stepping away... Read Article

By Russ Slater 23 October, 2018

Soul Jazz Records have announced a second volume in their Venezuela 70 series. As with the first volume, it will... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 26 August, 2018

Lots of new music on our radar, so let’s just dig right in. COLOMBIA: Sángo Groove’s Mezcla Cali Colombia’s Sángo Groove... Read Article

By Rennea Couttenye 07 August, 2018

La Familia (The Family, 2018 / Dir: Gustavo Rondón Córdova) starts with a scene among feisty young rebels, the reality of... Read Article

By Rennea Couttenye 30 July, 2018

The repertoire bounced between folk Americana, to waltz, to high-speed joropo, to cha cha cha, to gypsy folk, to Venezuelan... Read Article

By S&C Team 22 December, 2017

If you’ve been following Sounds and Colours since the start you’ll know that we started off by focusing on South... Read Article