Aterciopelados: 25 years of El Dorado
By José Gandour @gandour Many may find this statement exaggerated, but I have no doubt that the most important album in the history of Colombian rock is El Dorado, by Aterciopelados. That said, let's clarify one point: If you ask me personally if...
Digital Destinations: Independent record labels seeking Latin talent
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Latin America is making waves in the world's catalogs A journey through non-Latin independent record labels that are betting on the South In recent years, Latin American music has stopped...
The musician's loneliness: The weakest link.
By José Gandour @zonagirante in memory of Teto Ocampo. Rest in peace. I confess, I was one of those who thought that with digital music, the music market would become more democratic, would work more in favor of musicians, that independence would be, at least for...
The world behind the wheel September 25 / 2023 (images that resonate)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. It's the end of September and we're still continuing our campaign to promote great graphic design for music events across the continent. But we don't just do that: We also create small...
Rock al Parque 2023: What do the selected district bands sound like?
By José Gandour @zonagirante From November 11th to 13th, the Bogotá Metropolitan Park will host another edition of the Rock al Parque festival. And now, at this point in the year, we already know the bands selected from the call for submissions...
The world behind the wheel August 22 / 2023 (graphic art at the service of music)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. In this space, we promote high-quality graphic design for music events across the continent. But we don't just do that: We also create small tributes to the bands and artists whose...
The world behind the wheel August 15, 2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. Here we don't just collect and showcase promotional art from musical events across the continent. As we've already mentioned, in the coming weeks, before displaying this year's flyers,...
The world behind the wheel August 02 2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. Here we don't just collect and showcase promotional art from musical events across the continent. As we've already mentioned, over the next few weeks, we'll be publishing short tributes to bands and...
The world behind the wheel July 13, 2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. We've decided that, over the next few weeks, we'll be paying small tributes to the groups and artists whose performances we promote in this section, encouraging the growth of their music and, perhaps,...
The world behind the wheel June 20/2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante In light of the serious events unfolding on our continent, we returned to poetry and to political and humanitarian concerns. Rather than narrating our own account of what is happening in northern Argentina, we want to turn to...
Did Bogotá fail as the world capital of music?
By José Gandour @zonagirante Oh, Gandour, you're complaining absurdly again! Haven't you noticed that Bogotá hosts concerts every week with the world's top artists, and very few of them haven't performed here? Haven't you seen how...
The world behind the wheel May 31, 2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante The fifth month of the year is ending, and we can't stop singing "May rain, let it fall." And tomorrow, as soon as the calendar page turns, when another month begins, perhaps someone will whisper in our ear, "Tomorrow when I leave...".
The world behind the wheel May 18, 2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Do you remember when Miguel Bosé was a likeable guy, with intelligent words, a progressive outlook, interesting songs, and whose social and political opinions were respected and shared? Okay, back in those not-so-great times...
The world behind the wheel May 10, 2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante May is upon us, and we're seeing a flood of announcements for major events, festivals, and concerts, with a deluge of international artists deigning to descend upon our continent to offer us their...
The world behind the wheel April 29, 2023
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Now that there are too many nefarious characters, those who believe that hatred solves everything, those who proclaim the annihilation of neighbors who think differently, those who detest seeing the poorest lose their rights, and...
