Six Latino acts may not seem like a lot, but it’s twice as many as Lollapalooza…
Author: Catalina Maria Johnson
I love to write and radio about music! The one-hour radio program I host and produce, Beat Latino, airs Sundays at 11am on vocalo.org , Saturdays in Berlin and is archived weekly. Beat Latino specials are also licensed in 20+ states throughout the U.S.A. through the Public Radio Exchange. I contribute regularly to NPR's Alt.Latino, World Cafe , and Global Notes on WBEZ, NPR Music, Gozamos, Revista Contratiempo.
Gaby Moreno at LAMC 2011
Guatemalan singer/songwriter Gaby Moreno fell in love with the blues when shortly after coming to the…
ChocQuib Town at LAMC 2011
ChocQuib Town´s proud representation of their roots is what this hip hop trio from Colombia is…
Interview: Estados Alterados at LAMC 2011
From Medellin, Colombia, the four veteran roqueros from Estados Alterados were early innovators of electronica and…
Interview: Uproot Andy & Geko Jones (QUE BAJO?!)
Canadian Uproot Andy (Andy Gillis) and Puerto-Rican/Colombian Geko Jones (Roberto Fernandez), NY-based DJ/Producers are much like…
Interview: Ximena Sariñana at LAMC 2011
Ximena Sariñana was born in Guadalajara, Mexico into a family of renowned Mexican filmmakers and actors,…
Interview: Rita Indiana at LAMC 2011
Rita Indiana is a novelist, screenplay writer, former model and all-round fascinating artist who is a…
Novalima: The Musical Mark of Fire
Talking with Grimaldo del Solar about the sources of Novalima’s Afroperuvian Electronica
CHOC QUIB TOWN: The fierce pride of Colombia’s Pacific Coast made music
“Like our song says, Colombia is way more than marijuana, coke and coffee!”