Festival Cordillera 2023: Latin talent galore in the heart of Bogotá

Festival Cordillera 2023 plans to build on its spectacular start last year and cement its place in the capital’s music repertoire. It’s an...

Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023: A Look Back 

Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023 brought more than 100 artists, bands, and DJs to a rain-soaked field just outside Bogotá for four days of music (and...

Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023: ‘There’s this great musical heritage in Colombia and it should be more respected.’ Salt Cathedral talk culture and music

With Festival Estéreo Picnic just around the corner, we’re covering the local bands set to light up the event. Today it’s the turn of Salt...

Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023: llilli 

Bogotá-based musical collective llilli promise to kick off FEP 2023 in style  Felipe and Pablo at the press event. Photo by Poppy...

Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023: Lika Nova are ready to go supernova! 

Our series of features on Colombian talent at Festival Estéreo Picnic continues with Lika Nova - amping themselves up for the “best festival...

Estereo Picnic 2023: Ana Sanz

"I’m going to leave a legacy" - we speak to Ana Sanz in our series on local bands at Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023 We caught up with Ana Sanz on...

Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023: Quien putas es Higuita en Chanclas?

In the run-up to Festival Estéreo Picnic 2023, we’re interviewing the local talent that are the heart and soul of the musical extravaganza. We...

La Perla – the group breaking down gender and music stereotypes

Interview with the award-winning, all-female percussionist group, that mixes traditional folk and afro-Colombian rhythms with rap and...

Colombian Music dates in 2019

The La Leyenda del Vallenato festival desfile. Photo: Flickr If you don’t know your gaitas from your bambuco, this might be the year to get to...

The Macondo of sounds: Puerto Candelaria

We speak to the man behind paisa musical heavyweights Puerto Candelaria, better known abroad than at home. Meet Juancho Valencia, the man...