Cerati/Melero, 30 years without losing relevance
By José Gandour @gandour I'm a hypocrite. I loudly proclaim that I despise nostalgia, but then, to easily revive my heart, I put on one of the five albums I'd take to a desert island, each with a story spanning more than twenty years. In...
Qobuz vs. Spotify: The Streaming War (and Music as Collateral Damage)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Support us by donating via Ko-fi Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Every now and then, the world of music streaming is shaken up. Not by a technical change, nor by a new feature no one asked for, but by the age-old question that...
Bogotá, a city that needs to explore its diversity in depth.
By José Gandour @zonagirante Today is Bogotá's birthday, and the truth is that I've been thinking a lot lately about the city's music scene, its public policies, and, as always, the possibilities of truly transforming this city into a...
Juana la loca: The Electronauta explosion (30 years later)
By José Gandour @zonagirante This is a very personal account. Please excuse me. Much of what I will write in this chronicle is a collection of memories from Bogotá and Buenos Aires in the mid-nineties. I begin this piece after seeing that...
The world behind the wheel July 24, 2024 (music that cleanses our eyes)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. No matter the month's inclement weather, we continue to showcase the work of the designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their performances and celebrations around...
The world behind the wheel July 11/2024 (music in your eyes again)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. No matter the month's inclement weather, we continue to showcase the work of the designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their performances and celebrations around...
The world behind the wheel July 02/2024 (sunbeams highlight your song)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hi everyone. We're not making July memes, but we're still showcasing the work of the designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their shows and celebrations across the continent, now that we're...
The world behind the wheel June 19/2024 (visual flora with thunderous sound)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. We continue showcasing the work of designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their performances and celebrations across the continent, now that we're in the Northern Hemisphere summer, all over the...
The world behind the wheel June 05/2024 (image at the service of music)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. We continue showcasing the work of designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their performances and celebrations across the continent. As always, we take this opportunity to...
The best albums of all time according to Apple Music: Funny and pointless fight
By José Gandour @zonagirante And yes, just a few hours ago, the digital platform Apple Music published its list of, according to its advisors and experts, the one hundred best albums of all time. And of course, all hell broke loose on social media. But for those who missed it...
The world behind the wheel May 08/2024 (Images that explode in the ear)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. We continue showcasing the work of designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their performances and celebrations across the continent. As always, we take this opportunity to...
Music journalism: What is it and how does it work?
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante It's clear that if I created this site twenty-five years ago, after collaborating with some print media such as El Tiempo, El Espectador, La Prensa and Suburbia (and once, while I lived in Argentina, Página 12), it was...
The world behind the wheel April 18/2024 (More color for that musical gaze)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. We continue showcasing the work of designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their performances and celebrations across the continent. As always, we take this opportunity to...
SXSW: How a music festival can transform a city
By Ana Barajas @anabarajasmusic I've been living in Austin for a little over ten years now. Partly for family reasons and partly because of its reputation as a friendly city for artists, I moved here. Now, after all this time, I consider myself an Austin native...
The world behind the wheel March 12/2024 (Eyes that watch the music)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Hello everyone. We continue showcasing the work of designers who collaborate with musicians to promote their performances and celebrations across the continent. As always, we take this opportunity to...