When Mateo Kingman spoke with The FADER last year, the Ecuadorian musician laid out his artistic vision: “to develop and experiment with our past music and what we are today.” The music video for “Sendero Del Monte” visualizes this …
When Mateo Kingman spoke with The FADER last year, the Ecuadorian musician laid out his artistic vision: “to develop and experiment with our past music and what we are today.” The music video for “Sendero Del Monte” visualizes this …
“The main inspiration behind the new song ‘Good Life’ is the idea that one should live every day like it’s your last,” says Bermudan rude boy Collie Buddz. “Between work, family, bills etc., life can get hectic and sometimes it’s …
Elisee Akowendo hails from the Ivory Coast and grew up singing gospel music, developing a deep love of music that would come to define his life. Elisee traveled to Israel with his church group to perform, and after that, he …
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The city of Kidal in Northern Mali sits like a dot at the edge of the Sahara. It’s a place of paradox—the semi-permanent home of nomadic Tuaregs, the seat of a nation-state that lasted less than year once Al Qaeda …
Spaghetti-Westerns and electronic music seem dichotomously opposed by their very nature. One is built on leather and six-shooters while the other is all about computers and modern tech. But if Westworld taught us anything, it’s that bringing the future and …
In the wake of platinum superstar Adele (and Amy Winehouse before her), pop music has had no shortage of soulful divas with big backing bands attempting to bring the brash, bold sounds of the early ’60s into the new millennium, …
Ani Cordero has grown so much over her short career in front of the microphone. I can hear it in her latest album, Querido Mundo. Since her days as a founding member of the alternative Latin rock band Pistolera, …
“Bhangale,” the new single from Brooklyn eight-piece Red Baraat, fuzes jazz, go-go, North Indian bhangra, and Sri Lankan-inspired drumming into a knitted blend of polyrhythmic panache. Meanwhile, the brass section—sousaphone, trombone, saxophone, and trumpet—ignites the track with a rush of …
Everyone will tell you that they love reggae, yet most people don’t know their Ziggy Marley from their Damian Marley to their Stephen Marley. It’s still largely an underground genre which is a shame because the reggae scene is thriving …