Following hot on the heels of their debut single, the zouk-flavoured “Siguele El Paso”, the Colombian duo of Jaguar are back with “Guadalupe”, though this time the violence and inequality that is so ever-present in Colombia weighs heavy... Read Article
Following the release of their collaboration album Encuentro, Andria and Roman play an intimate and emotion-filled show at The Vortex in Dalston on the 17th February. Encuentro is all about nostalgia, loneliness, the utopian experience of love and... Read Article
As folklore began to take a greater part of the South American landscape in electronic, fresh independent labels surfaced along the continent to facilitate the trend. Fértil Discos, from Buenos Aires, is one example. Run by El Remolón,... Read Article
Ahead of their highly-anticipated new album Orígenes, due to drop in early 2020, Mexican duo Sotomayor have just released this eventful video for lead single “Quema”. Set in Mexico City, the video follows singer Paulina Sotomayor (one half... Read Article
Dom La Nena is like a breath of fresh air that has swept in from Brazil to Europe. Her freshly released and highly anticipated new video for single “Oiseau Sauvage” (wild bird) is an illusion of South American... Read Article
With roots in neo soul and hip-hop, KA EFE are adding a pinch of global spice to their latest version of “Bailalo”, mixing dembow beats and gypsy notes to lead vocalist Karin Hofmann’s already provocative flow. Hofmann, who’s... Read Article
Jumping to the front of the playlist for your upcoming Halloween party has to be this new edit from Argentina’s Cumbia Drive. Something of a master of the cumbia remix – his Facebook page currently has the message... Read Article
Rarely has a name seemed so apt as Minyo Crusaders. This group from Japan [the first Japanese group to grace Sounds and Colours, for reasons you’ll soon find out] play minyo, a type of traditional Japanese folk song... Read Article
Peruvian-born, now Mexico City-based, Lukro presents the new video for his latest track released by the Ten Toes Turbo label, home of the best underground footwork coming out of Mexico. On “Fyah”, co-produced with New York’s secret weapon... Read Article
This suitably sensual video marks a lovely lyrical new album by Coladera, a Lusaphone trio who hail from Brazil, Portugal and Cape Verde. This is the title track from the band’s second album and first official international release... Read Article
A lot has been said about the origins of reggaeton, the whitewashing and cultural appropriation that led to its global conquest. Not everyone is aware that the dembow riddim came from Jamaica’s first digital dancehall productions, which caught... Read Article
Dona Onete’s latest video “Festa do Tubarão” (Shark Party), promises a rebujo in the music of Pará, a state in the Brazilian Amazon. Rebujo is slang to describe the currents that bring up nutrients from the river bottom.... Read Article
