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III Daggers: Bongo. Benge. Bingo.
By José Gandour @gandour Reviewing Bongo, the new EP from the Chilean band III Puñales, gives us an excuse, on this Wednesday of Holy Week, to ramble for a while about our work as an independent media outlet dedicated to talking about Latin American music....
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Recordings Under: Tomy Suil/Tríptica/Grupo Iluminación
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Tomy Suil - Meine Unschuld This Chilean artist based in Germany has released a single that effectively combines electronic soundscapes with traditional Andean instruments, including...
Playlist Latin premieres #03/2020
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Image by Carlos Sanchez in memory of Kobe Bryant As we write this, Sunday night's events are bringing back literary memories. We recall texts like those of the Romanian philosopher Emile Cioran...
Luis Alberto Spinetta: Female voices for his songs
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante And the truth is that Spinetta left us far too soon. Today he would have barely turned seventy, and surely, if he were still with us, we would see him with his best smile celebrating with his loved ones, with the...
Francisca Valenzuela, a star perfectly suited to these times
By José Gandour @gandour Photos from the Francisca Valenzuela archive. The line between what we called "alternative" and what was considered "commercial" used to be a wide avenue, very difficult to cross, and once crossed, there was no going back. It wasn't just about vested interests...
Hello Seahorse!: Classic elegance, contemporary sound
By José Gandour @gandour Photos @daviddbarajas @gisselarv Before showering this production with praise (which, let's be clear, deserves it all), we must say that Disco Estímulativa, the latest album from the Mexican group Hello...
Playlist of Latin American premieres #02/2020
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Image by Carlos Sanchez @miamigokruger We always take a while to accept that the new year has begun. There are still those who fill out bureaucratic documents incorrectly using the digits of 2019 to indicate dates...
Playlist of Latin American premieres #01/2020
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Image by Carlos Sanchez of Violeta Rivas, a new flower in this world. My love, get ready, because 2020, besides being a round year, is a leap year. We will have 366 intense days, with uncertainty, full of protests...
The best Latin albums of the decade according to friends of Zonagirante.com
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante And amidst the turmoil of the last days of the year, we chased down our musician friends to find out what their favorite Latin album made between 2010 and 2019 was. Some said, fleeing in terror from the...
8 Latin albums to frame in an independent decade
By José Gandour @gandour This decade has convinced me that on this side of the world there is enough evidence to boast of living in one of the most interesting musical regions on the planet. This isn't just a demagogic statement to please our readers and...
Playlist Latin Premieres #50/2019
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Image by Daniel Casas C. @danielcasasc This is our last weekly playlist of the year. We managed to complete 50 compilations of new releases, which we present every Monday (with a couple of exceptions) to alert our...
Albums of 2019: eight albums that defined the sound of the year
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Let's clarify one fact to begin with: Many artists and bands around the world aren't thinking about recording albums these days. The dynamics of digital platforms have imposed the dictatorship of the single, the song...
Covers 2019: The best Latin versions of the classics
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante 2019 not only gave us the opportunity to listen to amazing original music from this side of the world. It also saw the release of covers that memorably reimagine classics from yesterday, today, and forever. Making a cover has its...
The 19 of 2019 (Our favorite songs from a very eventful year)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante 2019 has been a complicated year, full of fire, fury, protests, and rage in the streets. It has also brought scenes filled with flags of peace and change, and, on the other side of the street, unspeakable insults, threats, and...