In times like this, we are all in desperate need for something able to inspire us and let our minds wander. Afro-Cuban experimental project Ariwo artists were already very capable of doing that before the Covid madness, but now they’ve topped up their offer with a brand-new show blending together...
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It doesn’t happen everyday that online music platforms champion the cause of musicians, but Bandcamp has showed us, more than once, to be different from the vast majority of music platforms. Today (until 11.59PM Pacific Time), to support all the artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland-based company will...
There are (historical) times when you need joyful and heartfelt Latin music more than ever; it goes without saying that these days are one of those periods. So we can’t welcome enough the 19th edition of La Linea here in London, where Como No! is ready to set on motion...
Tropicália Fest began at an impromptu bus stop for yours truly, as it did for most other attendees. I parked and then boarded a free shuttle bus to one’s desire. The shuttle bus was a classic yellow school bus in my case. Sitting behind a starry-eyed couple, with whom I...
Que chido, güey! We knew that with Wahaca and their Day of the Dead festival, we were going to live an epic night, but we weren’t prepared for such an extraordinary experience… Next, to the high-powered performances of two of our favourites acts (Family Atlantica and Voodoo Love Orchestra), the...
If “they were President”, we would be simply euphoric. We’d be living in a sweet-sounding open-minded and welcoming world where tradition and innovation merge, and urban and folksy go harmonically side-by-side. That’s Las Cafeteras’ music world and that’s what they’ll bring to the UK between the end of July and...
Are you ready to guarachar? If you’re based in the UK, ¡Como No! will give you the opportunity to dance, have fun and enjoy the red-blooded norteño sound of Orkesta Mendoza. It will all happen between the 21st and 26th of April, when Sergio Mendoza and his banda will give...
There are people who want to build walls and others who aim to tear them down, both metaphorical and physical. Maybe it wasn’t meant to evoke any parallelism, but it’s inevitable to find a connection between what is going to be built on the US/Mexican border and the final moments...
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Laying down simmering slabs of cumbia and mambo, tempered with a folkloric, tex-mex psychedelic edge, Orkesta Mendoza brings you their latest album all the way from Tucson Arizona. Lead by musical polymath, Sergio Mendoza, who is also a member and co-producer of Southwestern music legends Calexico at the helm they...