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Lizbeth Román’s ‘Bolero Saltarín’

El bolero saltarín (the Jumping Bolero) is the new single from Lizbeth Román and the Duendes Invisibles. The track features on the first album, La otra ruta live at New York, which was recorded over a series of concerts in NY in 2016 and restored and mastered by Néstor Salomón. BristoLatino Editor-in-Chief, Rebecca Wilson, caught […]

Music focus: ÌFÉ’s debut album

The debut album ‘IIII + IIII’, from Puerto Rican ensemble ÌFÉ has been released. Bristolatino teams up with a range of musicians and music critics to bring you our thoughts on the album. To many, including Camilo Zuñiga of electronic power duo ZYDERAL, ‘IIII + IIII’ is an original and innovative concept. To Santiago Cembrano, […]

An emPowered Puerto Rican Poet

Following on from our interview with electronic TinyDance genius, Ela Minus, Lizbeth Román spoke to Bristolatino music editor, Rebecca Wilson, about her Duendes Invisibles project and its conception and evolution as a similarly personal and honest venture. Román hails from Puerto Rico. She sings, writes and strums her poetry with accent and conviction.   R: […]

Music focus: ÌFÉ’s ‘House of Love’

Music editor Rebecca Wilson takes us through ‘House of Love’, track by ÌFÉ (Otura Mun), who shares his stage name with the ancient Yoruban city of South-Western Nigeria. The word signifies both love and expansion. He is an African-American drummer, singer and producer who has been based in Puerto Rico for almost 2 decades. His songwriting and […]

The wonder of Dulce de leche

                                  BristoLatino’s food editor Naomi Myerson takes us to a sweet-toothed paradise. In 2013 my older sister married a Uruguayan, a union that has been pretty fab in numerous ways but with one significant perk worthy of a mention: […]