The Rhythm Foundation: A Cultural Compass for Miami’s Ever-Evolving Soundscape

The Rhythm Foundation: A Cultural Compass for Miami’s Ever-Evolving Soundscape

When Laura Quinlan says that live music is “as important to me as food, water and air,” she’s not speaking in metaphor. The Rhythm Foundation’s longtime Program Director isn’t just part of

From Bardot to III Points: How David Sinopoli Changed the Way Miami Listens

From Bardot to III Points: How David Sinopoli Changed the Way Miami Listens

If you’ve ever danced in Miami — really danced — there’s a good chance you’ve felt David Sinopoli’s presence without even knowing it. You’ve felt it in the perfectly-timed drop between Questlove

Rediscovering Walter Ferguson: The Great Costa Rican Calypsonian

Rediscovering Walter Ferguson: The Great Costa Rican Calypsonian

A self-respecting troubadour sings and rhymes about daily life in a town, with its sorrows, struggles and joys. And if that town is Cahuita, located in the southeast of Costa Rica, in

NACIÓN EKEKO LAUNCHES GRAN ESPÍRITU: “WE’RE ALL CHILDREN OF THE SAME MOTHER”

NACIÓN EKEKO LAUNCHES GRAN ESPÍRITU: “WE’RE ALL CHILDREN OF THE SAME MOTHER”

Where are the experiences of human history kept? How can we reconnect with that shared and veiled feeling, with that intangible heritage that passes from generation to generation? The collective unconscious is usually

Music Powerhouse: KEXP’s Argentinian Host, Albina Cabrera

Music Powerhouse: KEXP’s Argentinian Host, Albina Cabrera

“When I was 11 or 12 years old, my mother took me to live concerts of bands that were doing national tours, managing to get to Mendoza, at the foot of the

Tigre GEM: Global Emerging Musician, JUDELINE

Tigre GEM: Global Emerging Musician, JUDELINE

Hailing from Southern Spain’s Jerez de la Frontera, Lara Fernández Castrelo was destined to become Judeline. Pronounced “Yud-lain” as she describes it, her artistic name was inspired by one of her dad’s favorite

Gilles Peterson Celebrates Studio Monkey Shoulder In Miami (Interview)

Gilles Peterson Celebrates Studio Monkey Shoulder In Miami (Interview)

The journey is everything. It’s about experience, about searching and digging, about that knowledge that no one counts but is magically acquired along the way. It’s about not letting your guard down,

Caribbean Heart: Meet Pachyman and His Retro Rub-A-Dub Style

Caribbean Heart: Meet Pachyman and His Retro Rub-A-Dub Style

Fall under the magnetic spells of dub. For many, it’s a genre on its own. For others, it’s more like a subgenre of reggae, defined as its electronic and more experimental version.

Moon Spell: Meet the Timeless Charms of Mel Muñiz

Moon Spell: Meet the Timeless Charms of Mel Muñiz

It’s said that the bolero is not sung, it’s suffered. Well covered in tattoos, a little bit of a pin-up girl and a little bit of a tarot reader, the Argentine singer-songwriter Mel

5 UK Transplants Making Global Waves in Music

5 UK Transplants Making Global Waves in Music

Trends and hype have always played a part – for better and for worse – in the development of the UK music scene. This almost compulsive need to find the new, the