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How Bogota’s Estéreo Picnic Festival Experienced Taylor Hawkins’ Passing

Luis Gallo — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:36:44 +0000

Spirits were high for people coming to the 11th edition of Estéreo Picnic Festival, the three-day festival that has helped Bogota, Colombia, become a music hub, held from March 25 to 27. On the day doors opened, it was a crisp and mostly sunny day for people venturing out to the idyllic green outskirts of

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What We Can Learn From 1964’s Multi-Racial School Boycott in Queens, NY

Luis Gallo — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 20:45:17 +0000

The extraordinary mass mobilizations following the killing of George Floyd, have made Latinos of all races ask themselves how they can step up to support the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against racial violence and white supremacy entrenched in the American power structure. Images of thousands of protesters taking to the streets with

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Festival Estéreo Picnic’s 2018 Lineup Features The Killers, Bomba Estéreo, and NAAFI

Luis Gallo — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:16:13 +0000

Bogotá’s Festival Estéreo Picnic just announced the lineup for its 2018 edition. The festival has carved a space in the regional music landscape, standing out for booking homegrown talent alongside international headliners. In 2018, the fest remains true to that tradition with a diverse and forward-thinking lineup. For its ninth consecutive iteration, Gorillaz, Lana Del

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Kali Uchis Talks Colombian Bad Boys, Juanes, and Her Journey Home to Colombia

Luis Gallo — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:46:27 +0000

Over the past year, Kali Uchis has set her sights on her homeland. The 24-year-old R&B artist has released a stream of Spanish-language tracks and collaborations with Colombian giants like Juanes, reconnecting with her roots and finding inspiration in what she calls the country’s special “magic.” Remezcla caught up with her on her recent trip

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Frida and Diego in Detroit: The Story of a Couple, a City, and an Art Legacy Almost Lost

Luis Gallo — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:17:57 +0000

“Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit” tells the story of these two Mexican artists, of Detroit as an industrial powerhouse in decline, and a museum’s tangled relationship with the city’s finances and politics. The exhibit’s artwork – which features 70 paintings, drawings and murals the couple created during their 11-month stay in Motown from 1932

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NYC’s First Exhibit on Contemporary Guatemalan Art Reimagines the Country’s Bloody Past

Luis Gallo — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:34:11 +0000

“I was born in 1974, after that, there was the earthquake, then the coup d’état, then Sundays with Rios Montt giving us sermons on TV. After that, people were sentenced to be shot, then entire towns were erased without anyone saying a thing …calm never came, the peace accord was signed but never came. Mutilated

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