by Address | Sep 11, 2015 | Chronicles
By José Gandour @gandour Many people hate them: The rocker who doesn't understand fusion, the traditional vallenato fan who detests that they've corrupted the genre's traditional foundations, the hipster who feels they go against what the world (their world) demands. The...
by Address | Sep 8, 2015 | Chronicles
By José Gandour @gandour In Bogotá, there's talk of an agenda, promoted by private and governmental entities, whose goal is to establish the Colombian capital as the main musical center of Latin America by 2025. A somewhat pretentious idea, but one that...
by Address | August 29, 2015 | Chronicles
By José Gandour @gandour There are superlatives that decent journalists don't use. They're afraid of sounding exaggerated or compromised by what they mistakenly call "objectivity." There are columnists, the vast majority of them highly respectable, who are afraid to express themselves with joy and...
by Address | August 25, 2015 | Chronicles
By José Gandour @gandour Dedicated, among others, to my friend Herman Dermer. Perhaps the Colombo Hebrew School was a rather unique place. At least my group of friends was. Some of our discussions revolved around the usual topics of our age: Girls...
by Address | August 24, 2015 | To the Park!!, Chronicles
By Santiago Rivas @Rivas_Santiago. Photo by Oscar Perfer. The first thing I must say about Rock al Parque, a week after its end, is that music is an infallible balm, and in its presence, there are no valid arguments…in principle. Of course, we all leave….
by Address | August 21, 2015 | To the Park!!, Chronicles
By José Gandour @gandour Photo by Oscar Perfer Another edition of Rock al Parque has come to a close. This 21st edition of the festival had some bright spots and quite a few dark ones, and although some media outlets and journalists, for reasons unknown, are calling for...
