Only a few ensembles sum up the idea of a new Latin sound like La Brígida Orquesta. The Chilean big band (with a new EP, Antipoda, out via Aajabu!) which started to take shape in 2017 gathering musicians from (among the others) Conchalí Big Band, Mapocho Orchestra, Portavoz and Newen Afrobeat,...
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Pascuala Ilabaca wants us to take heed, as she responds to traditional Andean folks songs with a fierce feminist voice. Now she tells us, it is the time to respond to an old rhetoric. Misogyny has no place in the future of her Chilean culture. Her new production Por Qué Se...
We’ve had to wait two years, but we will make up for the lost time and fun with interest. After an unexpected and unwanted hiatus, La Linea Festival and its Latin sounds feast is finally back on stage with an intense two-week programme presenting 10 shows around London. From next...
