Latin
Dinner with Caetano VelosoWednesday, 16 June 2010
You forget how fast the night descends in the tropics, in half an hour the light goes, the sun disappearing with a grand melodramatic finality. You understand the Mexican tribe who believe without their prayers it will never rise again. But it... Read more... |
Latin Music USA, BBC FourSunday, 21 February 2010
Latin Music USA is a long-overdue exploration of the Latino influence on American popular music. The four-part BBC Four Friday-night series zooms in on the bicultural American populations rooted in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Mexico, but living in their... Read more... |
Havana Rakatan, Peacock TheatreWednesday, 10 February 2010
Ballet was never meant to be like this: the London production of Havana Rakatan at the Peacock Theatre last night shattered all definitions and formalities and left the audience uttering squeals and sighs of delight (and sexual ecstasy) in response... Read more... |
South Bank goes Brazilian for the summerMonday, 08 February 2010
As Jude Kelly put it today, the Southbank Centre’s Festival Brazil this summer is about a country "living its future now" (link here for the initial programme). That is certainly exciting for a city like London trying to live down its last decade (... Read more... |
Lhasa de Sela 1972-2010Tuesday, 05 January 2010
The singer Lhasa de Sela passed away from breast cancer in her Montreal home on 1 January just before midnight, at the age of 37. Since this news emerged my email box has had numerous messages about this tragic loss, including from theartsdesk... Read more... |
Garifuna Blues: Aurelio Martinez and Andy PalacioTuesday, 08 December 2009
The new album of Honduran singer Aurelio Martinez hasn’t got a title yet, or a record label, and will probably come out next year. But already there’s enough buzz about him and it for his UK debut to bring out the great and good from the world music... Read more... |
Film: BirdwatchersWednesday, 16 September 2009The tourist cruise boat chugging up the Amazon pauses for another photo opportunity. A dozen or so tribesman with clay-daubed faces and loincloths are discovered posed like a tableau: a colourful addition to the rainforest fauna. The boat marks time... Read more... |
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