Meet Jackie Mendoza and Her Revealing Musical Odyssey
The title Galaxia de Emociones couldn’t be more fitting for Jackie Mendoza’s first full-length album. That’s the feeling caused by delving into the songs made by this Mexican-American artist: a galaxy of
What Locals Are Actually Listening to in Bueno Aires
Buenos Aires is a captivating city, loaded with nostalgia in a good way. Everyone knows that tango is its typical music. But the truth is that today’s locals’ musical tastes are quite
DJ Collective Rum & Coke Pays Homage to Forgotten Sounds of Latin and Afro-Caribbean music
Rum & Coke, the Miami-based Afro-Caribbean Latin dance party and DJ collective, have a monthly residency at Dante’s HiFi, were they play all vinyl sets. Gathered from thousands of hours of digging
Sounds That Cross Borders: African Northwest Blues
Not long ago we reviewed that musical phenomenon called “desert blues”, a magical fusion of rock instrumentation and regional roots – Tuareg, Malian, and North African music. But we immediately realized that
Recent Song Discoveries We Love
Few sensations are as pleasant as discovering new music. Songs to unravel, to immerse yourself in, to put on repeat, to dance as if nothing else mattered. We hope you enjoy these
Kolombia: An Experience of Latin Cultural Syncretism
First, the music: the cumbia slows down, as if the player ran out of batteries. Second, the lifestyle: a way of dressing, cutting their hair, reinventing their names, under the influence of
The New Outbreak of Psychedelic Cumbia
There’s quite a story about the origins of psychedelic cumbia. It’s a trip back in time, to the Amazonian lands of Peru, at the end of the 60s. It was the boiling
A Dreamy and Nostalgic Trip Through Mexican Lo-Fi
Lo-fi beats and melodies roll on for minutes and stretch for hours. These songs seem made to be linked together and listened to throughout the day, they make up a soundtrack of
6 Tracks We Can’t Stop Listening To
You know when you can’t get a song out of your head? Well, we’ve had these six playing in a constant rotation and we keep hitting play. These are the kind of
The Wonderful New Singer-Songwriters of Brazilian Indie
We’ve recently displayed a small part of the extensive musical map that runs through Brazil. We know that the plurality of rhythms expands like the arms of the Amazon River. This flow