Latin America

Pick any genre—rap, rock, pop, folk, country, whatever you like. Can you think of an artist from that genre that was inducted into its hall of fame without any recordings released? And if one were to exist, what would that say about the artist’s impact, i

This is secret music — a collection of beautiful songs and infectious grooves that’s been hidden for years in the coastal towns and barrios of Peru. It’s not the guys with flutes and drums in woolly hats — it’s music of the black Peruvian communities. Bla

Ry Cooder's Chávez Ravine (2005) – a post World War II – era American narrative of "cool cats," radios, UFO sightings, J. Edgar Hoover, red scares, and baseball – is a tribute to the long-gone Los Angeles Latino enclave known as Chávez Ravine. Using real

Akokán is a Yoruba word used in Cuba meaning “from the heart,” and indeed, every song on the self-titled debut album (Daptone Records) by Orquesta Akokán feels like a heartfelt gift from the band to the listener. Assembled and led by Cuban vocalist José “

Raúl Llerena Vásquez – known to the world as Ranil – a singer, bandleader, record-label entrepreneur and larger-than-life personality who swirled the teeming buzz of the jungle, the unstoppable rhythms of Colombian dance music, and the psychedelic electri

The unique and magical sound of Los Siquicos Litoraleños (The Psychics of El Litoral), fermented in the rural north of Argentina, land of gauchos (Argentine cowboys), mate tea, chamamé folk music, and Psilocybe Cubensis. In this remote region, cut off fro

Soundway Records present the eponymous debut LP from in-demand Amsterdam five piece, The Mauskovic Dance Band -- fusing no-wave dance punk, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and space disco in a "controlled explosion" (The Quietus). Entirely self-produced, the band

The late Jorge Reyes was a leading figure in Mexican experimental music, and this album recorded with Antonio Zepeda is one of his earliest and most striking works. Originally released in 1986, A La Izquierda Del Colibri is a worldly product of the era in

Official Mr Bongo reissue. Replica original artwork, including the insert with listening instructions, in Spanish and English.

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