Life’s a picnic: readers’ reviews

Stealing the stage Well… they smashed it. Pure and simple. They’re fucking rockstars. In truth, I expected a lot from Kasabian’s live show, as...

Rocking the charts

[caption id="attachment_4977" align="aligncenter" width="567"] Monsieur Periné – All dressed up and standing behind a gate. Photo: Formobicho CC...

Vives snatches Grammy as Juanes performs in Spanish

[caption id="attachment_4750" align="alignright" width="300"] Juanes. Photo: DavidMendoza CC BY-SA 3.0[/caption] Colombia played a relatively...

Vallenato for beginners

Avid fan Lee Ritter explains his love affair with Colombia’s most divisive musical genre When I first arrived in Bogota in 2008, one of the...

‘Vallenato Tiger’, Enrique Diaz Tovar, Dies

[caption id="attachment_1097" align="alignright" width="300"] Vallenato legend Enrique Diaz Tovar, also known as “Accordion King of the...

Popstars Record Peace Song

SIXTY Colombian musicians from all over the country have united to record a song for peace, in an attempt to mobilize civil society to help end the...

Dates For Your Diary…

GRIDLOK & PROLIX, October 3, Venue TBC Two internationally-renowned electronica DJs, joined by numerous special guests, arrive in Bogota to show...

Musicians On The Market

The Bogota Music Market (BOmm) kicks off for the third time on September 10, with more than 1,200 aspiring artists registered for the event on...