Time for a round-up of  the outer edges of Brazil as we reach the middle of the year. This month there’s a selection of ...

No doubt June will prove to be a record-breaker, heat-wise, but the month has also seen some fine new albums surfacing. I've ...

Summer comes but once a year... and thank heavens for that. Quite apart from my prezidential affairs of state, I've been so ...

This year’s BIME Bogotá was less about spectacle and more about substance. In between panels, one-on-one conversations, and ...

Latin American music in the last decade has swept the world with its infectious rhythms, beautiful lyrics, and melodies that ...

Women's health issues have become increasingly prominent on the international stage. One of the key topics of interest to ...

Novas Frequências is a music festival based in Rio that reaches its 15th edition this year. This is something to celebrate, as putting on an annual music festival that explores new and experimental ...

The Gop Tun festival is one of the musical highlights of the year to discover new Brazilian electronic music and to see artists I have been writing about in action. You can find anything from new ...

I hope y’all had a happy Easter and didn’t overdo it on the chocolate eggs. If you’re based in and around London and looking for ways to dance off any surplus, you should take note of the following: ...

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 ...

In Latin America and the Caribbean, music and dance are important parts of daily life. In Havana and Rio, people tell stories by just dancing. The dances show ...

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 ...