by Address | November 19, 2024 | covers
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Robert Nesta Marley left us far too soon. In three months he would have turned eighty, and we would surely still see him from time to time on the most important stages of...
by Address | November 13, 2024 | New features
By José Gandour @zonagirante. Photos: Artist's Archive. The message is concise, and in its short duration, it becomes compelling. It lasts barely 19 minutes and a few seconds more, but the feeling is injected into our ears and received clearly. It's only seven...
by Address | November 6, 2024 | New Indies
By José Gandour @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Okay, friends, here are two very recent examples of how encouraging and fun rock music can be these days: Paul Higgs – The Mystery of Paul Higgs Some music critics don't...
by Address | October 31, 2024 | Females
By José Gandour @zonagirante 🔥 An artist who ignites fire from within. Some time ago I was talking to a Peruvian music promoter who had gone to see the local artist La Zorra Zapata at an alternative music venue in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima. He went to...
by Address | October 23, 2024 | Bandcamp releases
By José Gandour @zonagirante I apologize, and I do so for several reasons. The first is that I frequently use the word "tenderness" in my writing. I use this word on several occasions because I believe it's the quality I most enjoy feeling in music that...
by Address | October 17, 2024 | New Indies
By José Gandour @zonagirante In our imaginations (and aurally), we flew over the Atlantic Ocean to discover, upon landing, what some of our continental compatriots are doing musically on the other side of the pond. And we have two great examples...