Let's talk Latin America
Let's talk Latin America
Rebecca Wilson discusses Argentine musician Nathy Peluso’s new single. Nathy Peluso continues to turn heads with her fresh, distinct and original style. Her newest track, ‘CORASHE’, featuring raw vocals and minimal production is simple but ballsy, and her signature lazy Argentine-flared accent takes the intimate focus on the vocals to a daring place where her […]
This year’s Semana Cultural saw BristoLatino and UoB’s HiPLA department team up with Pablo Navarrete of Alborada Films in a screening of his documentary Hip Hop Revolución. Latin America in Bristol editor Zara Huband reviews the documentary’s message. In a country like Venezuela it is almost impossible to separate music and politics. Pablo Navarrete’s documentary explores the […]
BristoLatino music editor Rebecca Wilson tells us all we need to know about ChocQuibTown, the Latin Grammy Award-winning Afro-Colombian hip-hop group Who? Tropical hip-hop from Tostao (young percussionist), Goyo (female MC, singer and producer), Slow Mike (Goya’s brother, young beatmaker and technofile), and many other musicians. Where? Founded in their town Quibdó, capital city of the Chocó […]
On an uncharacteristically sunny day in late March I sat down with Eduardo Saretta to talk about graffiti in São Paulo. Before our interview I wasn’t aware quite how lucky I was to have this opportunity, not just because Saretta is an influential character (although this is very true), but also because after half an hour of conversation, a fascinating […]
Bristolatino joint editor-in-chief Rosanna West gives us Orishas, a musical trio that changed the face of Cuban hip hop. Two-time Grammy award winning Orishas, a trio of Paris-based Cubans, have dominated the Cuban hip hop scene since their 1999 debut. Their reputation rests on their creation of a truly new and exciting sound, which combines both old […]