From bustling cities in Latin America to busy commutes worldwide, finding time to watch an entire episode of a drama can be ...

Music creates stars through sound, but the artists who become true cultural icons often develop an equally memorable visual ...

Latin America’s music festivals are built around movement. Fans travel between stages, cross enormous outdoor venues, wait in ...

I apologise in advance for the amount of sheer noise on offer in the column. There seems to be a clear movement of DIY noise ...

Whilst spending several weeks in Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, as part of an exciting research project exploring the socio-political effects of coca cultivation and cocaine ...

Two sound worlds sit at the heart of Latin music, and they could hardly feel more different. High in the Andes, the breathy quena flute and the small charango carry melodies shaped by mountain air and ...

Have you ever heard of a road where UFO sightings are so common that people call it the “UFO Highway”? In Argentina, Route 368 (a quiet stretch near the town of Capilla del Monte) has become a hotspot ...

Nothing like a good Latin album to warm the cockles of your heart when it’s cold outside. Here’s my selection of new and not-quite-so-new releases for the first month of a new year… Joy Lapps and ...

In Latin America, football is not only a sport but also a shared language. It moves through the streets, fills local plazas with color and echoes in the songs that rise from small bars and city ...

Good morning, viewers. As you know, many of the albums we feature on Sounds and Colours are available via Bandcamp. The platform that doesn’t rely on algorithms is organising a fundraiser for Lebanon ...

Colombian first-time filmmaker Carlos Maria Romero shot La nave (Colombia/UK, 2021) during a year in which gatherings were forbidden. Through secretly filmed performances with members of marginalised ...

The far-north coast of Ecuador has a historical and cultural background that sets it apart from most of the rest of the country, with cultural traditions whose roots stretch across the globe. In ...