On October 1st (that’s tomorrow!) I’ll be doing a talk about Colombian music and culture at the Colombian Consulate in London, which has been arranged by The Anglo-Colombian Society. I’ll be talking a lot about music trends in Colombia, as well as a bit about modern art, comic books and film. If you’re in London and want to learn more about Colombia then you should come along!
Here are all the details: consuladocolombia.net/evento/the-anglo-colombian-society-russ-slater-colours-and-sounds-of-colombia
For once the tables were turned and I was the interviewee for a piece in Marcelo Costa’s rather good Scream & Yell blog. Marcelo wanted to know a little more about Sounds and Colours and why I love South American music.
You can read the interview here.
I was given the opportunity to write a feature on the rather fine English/Venezuelan/West-African band Family Atlantica for issue #95 of Songlines, which you can find out more about here.
Have a listen to Family Atlantica below:
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Writing and Editing by Latin American music expert Russell Slater