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10 Years After Its Explosion, Chancha Via Circuito Talks New Album & the Evolution of Digital Cumbia

Greg Scruggs — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 21:52:32 +0000

Pedro Canale, the Argentine musician better known as Chancha Via Circuito, got his start hawking merch in the back of the room at the formative Buenos Aires club night Zizek. A decade later, don’t expect to find the 36-year-old Canale burning the midnight oil. “Our preference is for daytime outdoor shows in the open air,”

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In the 114-Year History of MLB, Thyago Vieira Is Only the 4th Brazilian to Reach the Majors

Greg Scruggs — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:33:54 +0000

Caracas, Havana, Santo Domingo. None of those cities would cause a baseball fan to bat an eyelash while glancing through the program at players’ hometowns. But São Paulo? Brazil’s largest city would definitely elicit a double-take, yet there it was printed at Monday’s Seattle Mariners home game against the Baltimore Orioles, next to the photo

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Fearing ICE Raids, One of Largest Enclaves of Puebla Immigrants Won’t Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Greg Scruggs — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:58:52 +0000

President Donald Trump’s January 25 executive order – which gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) permission to deport a larger number of undocumented immigrants, even those without criminal records – has struck fear across the United States. It’s keeping undocumented immigrants away from doctor’s offices, from reporting crimes to law enforcement, and from church. Many feel they

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Quito’s Ataw Allpa is Bringing the Accordion to the Club, One Digital Cumbia at a Time

Greg Scruggs — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:21:11 +0000

It’s pushing 3 a.m. at a party inside the Teatro Bolívar, a crumbling theater in Quito’s old city just barely restored to functional use, when Atawallpa Díaz Ricaurte takes over with his accordion in tow. During daylight hours, the sidewalk outside the building’s ornate façade will likely play home to a blind accordion player belting

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Why Are So Many Latin American Musicians Moving to Mexico City?

Greg Scruggs — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:30:19 +0000

Every artist dreams of making it in the city. If you’re an actor, it’s Hollywood. Techno DJ or producer? Must have eyes on Berlin. Experimental multimedia visuals? Gotta be Brooklyn. But for Latinx and Latin American musicians, the U.S. and Europe aren’t always the obvious reference points. Instead, the millennial (as in around for thousands

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From the Hudson to the Caribbean: DJ Nickodemus’ Compilation Series Turns to a New Body of Water

Greg Scruggs — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:00:43 +0000

Summertime in New York means a lot of things, but on the city’s signature river, most of all it means Turntables on the Hudson. In 1998, DJs Nickodemus and Mariano brought club culture to a city reeling from the Giuliani-era nightlife crackdown. Almost 20 years later, they’re still going strong. With outposts as far away

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This Pioneering Electronic Music Festival Empowered US Latinos to Become Musical Ambassadors to Cuba

Greg Scruggs — Fri, 13 May 2016 17:44:19 +0000

For the music fan who is equally into bolero and breakbeats – count me among them – last week’s Manana Festival in Santiago de Cuba was a match made in heaven. Having to choose between a sweaty club session with British acid house pioneer A Guy Called Gerald and a seated theater performance by professional

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A Look at Latin America’s Growing Bike Polo Scene

Greg Scruggs — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:10:18 +0000

Cultura Dura is a Remezcla and Mike’s HARDER content and event series highlighting emerging Latin urban culture. We’ll be exploring scenes that haven’t really gotten any coverage anywhere else – from block parties and street art to underground sports and raw, young artists making movements pa’ la calle. The elegant image of a galloping horse,

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Beyond Funk Carioca: Chico Dub on his Experimental Hy Brazil Series in the Post-Scarcity Music Era

Greg Scruggs — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:30:36 +0000

"Why does everything have to fly a Brazilian flag?” Chico asks rhetorically.

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Buenos Aires’ El Remolón Proves the Virtues of Laziness

Greg Scruggs — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:12:45 +0000

To keep afloat for the long haul in a hype machine of global bass flavors of the month, it takes exactly the kind of banner year that 2014 has been for El Remolón.

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