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Rule Colombian Britannia!

This year the BBC Proms pays tribute to a new British-Colombian generation by featuring the London born and bred accordionist Jose Hernando who won the BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy at only 19. Here the burgeoning star talks…

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The Reggeatón Evolution – Three Decades of Flow

When quintessentially English band Clean Bandit was recently rocking X Factor with their latest hit ‘Rockabye,’ few watching would have known that the country that invented its catchy beat was banned from playing it for years.…

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....CUMBIA TRACKS by DJ Russ Jones

From the DJ who brings you Britain's favourite Cumbia night "Arriba la Cumbia" gives you his favourite Cumbia tracks.

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Top 10 Hits to Kick off your 2020

With 2020 well under way, here's our list of tracks trending in the Latin clubs and kicking off our year.

Classical Jazz and Folk
New Era Jazz Queen

What is the outstanding quality that westerners find so baffling about Cuba’s bounty of world-class artists? From Carlos Acosta to Chucho Valdez, you’ll find a common combination unique to this idiosyncratic Caribbean island – a…

Tego Calderón's Fantasy Island Tracks

If you were stranded on a desert island, which tracks would you absolutely need to have to get you through those times of loneliness and despair? Man cannot live on sun and fish alone right? Our castaway this week is Tego…

Gilberto Gil: “I’ve always felt I was in the best place I could be”

Thirty years after first seeing him in concert at the age of eight, Amaranta Wright comes face to face with the Brazilian music legend Gilberto Gil on his recent visit to London, and gets an insight into the man that inspired her…

Pop & Rock
One Minute in Time

One of the greatest references of Argentine rock drumming, Jorge Araujo played for years with Los Divididos, one of the best and most popular rock bands in Latin America, and later Gran Martell. Now Araujo launches his second…

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Jose Luis' Top Ten Latin Summer Hits 2017

We’re still recovering from the plethora of Latin hits that dominated the sound waves this summer – with ‘Despacito’ breaking records around the world (if we hear it again, it'll be too soon). To celebrate having four…

Tropical Music
Goodbye to the Buena Vista Era

Sequel to the album, the movie and the shows that took the world by storm in the late 1990s, and tribute to both the musicians who have passed away and those alive and kicking, the Buena Vista show at London’s The O2 likely…

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The Phenomenon of Latin Music in the US

Back in the late seventies an outstanding documentary was made about Salsa in New York and its social significance. It became a seminal work. Thirty years later its director Jeremy Marre, commissioned by the BBC, went back to…

Urban
LatinoLife's Christmas Bangers 2018

After a year of reggaetón smashers, the ladies show they rule with hits that are sending the year off with a bang

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Top 10 Hits of March 2020

If you are stuck at home waiting for the sun to come out…I bring you the heat with the best tracks of the month that will make you look forward to sunny days again!

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The Sunday X-Perience Bank Holiday Top Ten

The Sunday Xperience has become THE party to go on Sundays due to its vibe and dancing crowd, but it is all down to the music played there, a mix of Reggaeton with doses of Dancehall, Afrobeats, Baile Funk and Salsa. Ahead of a…

Tropical Music
Keeping Cumbia Real

Whilst global explosion has taken cumbia on a wonderful, if sometimes weird, journey, pioneering producer, composer and bandleader Mario Galeano has found himself in the unlikely role of guardian of the cumbia truth. We speak to…

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Dutchman in da Latin House

We caught up with the Dutch Latin House Super DJ behind tracks such as "Step by Step", "Vem Rebola" & "Canoa."

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Top Ten Autumn Hits 2019

We really didn't want to accept it, but even we have to admit that summer is well and truly over. But although the days are getting colder and shorter, that just means the nights, and parties, get longer! These sizzling…

Tropical Music
New York's Ultimate Latin Diva

The muse of Masters at Work's Little Lou Vega and Kenny Dope, India became the dance floor icon of the 90s when House and Garage ruled clubland. Latinolife caught up with the ultimate Latin diva.

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Latinolife's Ultimate Reggaetón Top Ten of 2017

What a year its been for Reggaetón. Finally the unique Latin Caribbean beat we've been pioneering here at Latino Life and La Bomba for the last 15 years has broken the global charts over and over, showing there is no turning…

Pop & Rock, Alternative
Anarchy’s Enduring Appeal

Santiago Oyarzabal talks to Los Auténticos Decadentes, one of the best, most enduring and probably the most fun, rock bands to ever come out of Argentina. Known for its distinctive anarchic energy, unique mix of rhythms, and…

Tropical Music
Edwin Sanz ‘Overflow’ (Alex Wilson Records)

Following his great debut San Agustín, Sanz delivers another solid Salsa album. This album is a daring production for Sanz, going into a more mature sound, with three English songs and an array of guests including his producer/…

Spanish Music
Gerardo Nuñez and Ulf Wakenius ‘Logos’ (Act Music)

Gerardo Nunez is considerd a master of New Flamenco, and this time he partners up with Swedish jazz guitarist Ulf Wakenius in a unique meeting of virtuosos. Much more than just a Flamenco album, Logos is the musical dialogue…

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Top 10 February Hits

We are just a few weeks away from the star of the spring, so let’s start to get warmer with the hits that have been on repeat everywhere this February!

Tropical Music
Mother Earth

At a time when Shakira, Carlos Vives, J Balvin and Maluma are some of the hottest artists in the planet, it is easy to forget that it was an indigenous folklore singer who kicked the global door open for Colombian artists. Totó…

Culture, Tropical Music
Essential Latin Summer Listening

The Ten Hottest Latin releases of the summer

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THE OUTSIDER

Few people thought that Reggaetón - the famous “Dembow” beat with the Latino twist that exploded 15 years ago – would stand the test of time. Yet today almost every big artist, from Shakira and Enrique Iglesias to Drake, Sia and…

Spanish Music
Paco Peña's Fantasy Island Tracks

If you were stranded on a desert Island, which tracks would you absolutely need to have to get you through those times of loneliness and despair? Man cannot live on sun and fish alone right? Our castaway, Flamenco guitar legend…

Oye Manteca (Manteca)

The latest album from one of the UK's best Latin bands

Pop & Rock
VARIOUS ARTISTS "ALGO SALVAJE Vol 2” (Munster Records)

‘Something Wild’ is the translation of this title, the second volume of Munster Records project compiling Spanish rock, indi, pop and other underground music from the 60s. Living under the Franco’s regime, Spanish music of the…

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Latinolife's Best Party Tracks of 2016

As the Reggeatón beat continues to generate global party anthems, and mainstream music sees Latin influence on an unprecedented scale, we thought we'd pay tribute to this incredibly appealing and uniquely Latin beat, with…

Alternative
The Noche Fiebre Foundation

A night dancing to the songs of Saturday Night Fever, dubbed in Spanish? Sounds like Latinas on a hen night. Spanish kitch is how you might describe Fundación Tony Manera, Spain’s most successful disco band, but it also happens…

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J Balvin performs @ The Endz Festival June 2019

Colombian Reggaeton superstar lights up South London

Top Ten Latin Hits of May 2017

Party season is upon us and here is what's hot in the clubs right now. Enjoy these summertime jams...

Tropical Music
Salsa Hits of the 1980s

In the 1980s, salsa romantica was in ascendance with the likes of Frankie Ruiz and the tender melodies of Grupo Niche, while Ruben Blades and Willie Colón kept stretching the boundaries of political salsa. Whether in New York or…

Tropical Music
TOP TEN Recent Latin Albums produced in the UK

Latin music is not an easy thing to produce, let alone promote, in the UK; you need real instruments, great musicians and arrangements to make it sound good, and there is rarely any money to work on. Despite the lack of exposure…

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THE OTHER WAY AROUND (Volveréis-2024) by award-winning Spanish director…

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Top 10 Salsa Hits since 2010

While at a commercial level, during the last two decades, it may seem that reggaeton took over and…

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Karol G surprised everyone by announcing a new album while the second half of this reggaeton power…

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