Ten Latin Rock Anthems that Most Influenced me
If you were watching the World Cup matches in Mexico, you would have heard entre stadiums singing the 'rock en español' anthems. These…
How a Restless Child became a Jazz Virtuoso
The LatinoLife team discovered Hernán Jacinto at a jazz club while visiting Buenos Aires this year and fell in love with this Argentine piano…
Things That Matter to…Carlos Paul
Carlos Paul is an award-winning singer songwriter, guitarist, producer and composer. Born in Quito…
The Age of Elegance
As the lead singer of Bobby Valentín’s orchestra, Rafu Warner is one of the few survivor remaining…
How to Start a Music Festival from Scratch - A Couple’…
Jose and Amaranta met in a salsa club in 2001, from that fateful evening, they've been…
Unity, Belonging and Pride: Bad Bunny's London…
Puerto Rican national treasure and global superstar, Bad Bunny sold out two shows at the Tottenham…
From Opening for Bad Bunny to Conquering the World:…
Ana and Lucía Barrantes fell in love with reggaetón through their Panamanian lodger, before…
Why Bad Bunny’s London Takeover Matters Far Beyond One…
Bad Bunny’s show at Tottenham Hotspurs will make the reggaetón superstar the first Latin artist to…
Features
How to Start a Music Festival from Scratch - A Couple’…
Jose and Amaranta met in a salsa club in 2001, from that fateful evening, they've been…
Why Bad Bunny’s London Takeover Matters Far Beyond One…
Bad Bunny’s show at Tottenham Hotspurs will make the reggaetón superstar the first Latin artist to…
Beyond The Girl from Ipanema: The Genre That…
“Tall and tan and young and lovely…” With those opening words, a song born on the shores of Rio de…
THE UK TOURING PROJECT
A HISTORIC FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO TOUR IN THE UK IN 2027! For the first…
Interviews
How a Restless Child became a Jazz Virtuoso
The LatinoLife team discovered Hernán Jacinto at a jazz club while visiting Buenos Aires this year and fell in love with this Argentine piano…
The Age of Elegance
As the lead singer of Bobby Valentín’s orchestra, Rafu Warner is one of the few survivor remaining from salsa’s golden era. Part of the Puerto Rican…
Top 10s
Ten Latin Rock Anthems that Most Influenced me
If you were watching the World Cup matches in Mexico, you would have heard entre stadiums singing…
TOP 10 BANDAS DE ROCK EN ESPANOL
Latin American rock is not only a musical genre, it is a language that we used to speak about…
10 Argentine Female Urban Artists to watch out for
Argentina’s urban and experimental music scenes are bubbling with talent — here are ten women…
LatinoLife Essentials: The Cuarteto Starter Pack
If you’re new to cuarteto, here’s your crash course. Ten tracks that trace the genre’s DNA — from…
VIVA REGGAETON
London's Biggest and Craziest Weekly Reggaeton Party! Originally a monthly affair, VIVA Reggaeton quickly became a fixture in London's nightlife, prompting us to introduce weekly events every Saturday. 4 Rooms, VIVA Baile (Brazil), VIVA Pop, VIVA House, and Reggaeton vs Afrobeats bringing an incredible variety of music genres under one roof. Our weekly events cater to diverse clubbers from various backgrounds and cultures, each week offering a new and exciting theme and spectacular shows in the main room.
Sergio Mendes' 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, Brazilian music legend, Sergio Mendes puts in his request for musical salvation...
TEN YEARS OF MADNESS: A History of LatinoLife in the Park
From their 25 years together, Venezuelan-born José Luis Seijas and Argentine Amaranta Wright have been part of the rise of Latin music, from a marginalised genre to the world’s most streamed. The couple had already been creating clubnights, magazines, concerts, showcases and awards ceremonies when they launched a Latin music festival in 2016. Now LatinoLife in the Park has grown into the UK’s largest single-day Latin festival, and LatinoLife the UK’s only Latina-run National Portfolio Organisation and its only Latin Music Talent Development Partner. Amaranta Wright recounts the journey, as the festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, with the focus, today as ever, on putting UK Latin music at the heart of that global narrative.
Ismael Miranda Tunes That Rock the Dance Floor
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in NY, Ismael Miranda was part as of the original “Fania All Stars” line up, as well as being the lead voice for Joey Pastrana and Larry Harlow’s band and then leading his very own crew, with a career spanning over 50 years of music. His music is still played in Latin clubs all over the world - a favourite for salsa dancers - and his discography is one of the most completes all of salsa singers in history, with more than 50 albums under his name.
Viva Sound System @ BLACK ON THE SQUARE
A FREE FESTIVAL IN THE HEART OF CENTRAL LONDON...For the first time ever LatinoLife presents the headline show @ BLACK ON THE SQUARE, the Mayor of London's flagship, free, family-friendly festival celebrating Black culture. With Viva Sound System, LatinoLife brings a vibrant Afro-Latin show of reggaetón, baile funk, merengue, afro-Latin house, bachata, salsa, dembow, baile funk, amapiano and much more in an exciting curation of DJs alongside MCs, rappers, singers, percussionists, animators and dance shows, creating dynamic, live collaborative sets that blur the line between DJ performance and live concert. Line up tba.
Spotlight on...L-Gante
Ahead of his debut London appearance this Friday we profile the pioneer of 'RKT' - a musical genre that stems from mixing reggaetón beats and cumbia villera sounds, a style very particular to Argentina, with heavy tones from the Buenos Aires villa (slums). For Argentines who had always been used to the white middle class looking music stars like Fito Paez, Spinetta, Charly Garcia, L-Gante was different...the musical ambassador of the villa, which has proved massively popular. He is currently one of Argentina's biggest artists with 5 million IG followers and over a billion streams.
By Genre
Reclaiming The Streets
Ryan Castro is the latest in a string of Medellin music sensations to reach global fame, with hits such as Jordan, Wasa Wasa, Malory and Mujeriego. Just as Colombia’s ‘City of Eternal Spring’ has come to be known as the new capital of Latin Music, 'El Cantante Del Ghetto’ as he is known, marks a new turn for reggaetón. Where Maluma is the glamour king, Castro is the self-made boy next door, fresh out of the slums; while Medellin’s pretty boy is waxing about luxury holidays in Hawaii, this Paisa talks about flexing his Jor-dans at the local parche. LatinoLife meets reggaetón’s new parsero to find a special appeal.
The Juanes Mash Up
The Colombian music landscape has transformed dramatically over the last 10 years, with reggaetón becoming the new pop, but one Medellín rockero has transcended all trends and remains as relevant today doing the music he loves. Soon to play in London with his ‘Origen’ tour, which goes back to his musical roots and inspirations, we go down memory lane with Juanes and the music that touched us all growing up.
Smoulder Smoulder: My Secret Love of Luis Miguel
If you’ve never heard of Luis Miguel, you’ve been living an empty life. The Netflix series on the Mexican crooner, who is widely regarded as the most successful artist in Latin American history, literally bigger than Jesus, reignites powerful memories for LatinoLife’s editor. After watching the traumatic and tragic incidents in Luis Miguel's life, which even Mexico’s most extreme telenovela couldn’t make up, Amaranta Wright revisits a weird encounter with Latin America's biggest star in Buenos Aires back in 1996.
Hector Lavoe Tunes That Rock the Dancefloor
And we come to the man simply named 'La Voz' (The Voice). Considered by many as the greatest salsa singer ever, Hector Lavoe was a legend in Latin America, both in life and in death. His voice, charisma, stage presence and personality cemented him as the symbol and sound of New York's golden era of salsa and made him an icon. His collaborations with Willie Colon are all classics and his own albums are some of the best Salsa albums of his era. We could write a whole essay on his music! It was hard to choose only 10 songs, his repertoire is so complete and he pretty much delivered every time he did a recording! So we pay homage to "the Singer of Singers" and some of his most danceable songs!!
The Wonderful World of Tim Maia
Back in the 1970s the deep velvety voice of Tim Maia sparked a revolution in Brazilian mainstream culture that went well beyond music, igniting the rise of the Black Rio movement. His bassy tone, resembling that of his funk and soul brothers in the US, expressed his desire to give black people in Brazil a voice. Sung about by contemporaries such as Jorge Ben and talked about by soul greats such as James Brown and Stevie Wonder, Tim Maia’s influence went beyond Brazil, and reverberated around the world. Here we celebrate that larger than life Brazilian singer still remembered and loved today
THE POWER OF NOW: An Interview with Cultura Profética
Cultura Profética is one of Puerto Rico's most influential bands. Formed in 1996, the group came to encapsulate what it is to be Latin Caribbean with its unique fusion of Caribbean reggae and Latin genres such as bossa nova, tango, jazz and salsa. Their polemical lyrics never shy from addressing socio-political and ecological issues, including Latin American identity and environmental concerns, as well as interpersonal relationships and love. As it celebrates its 25th anniversary with a world tour, we talk about music and politics with Puerto Rico’s most unique musical export ahead of its performance in London.
Odd One Out
Hailed as one of the most promising jazz musicians of her generation, Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana is somewhat of an anomoly. Amaranta Wright meets Blue Note’s latest signing and discovers an incredible journey from a country with little jazz tradition to being the talk of the jazz world.
Camarón de la Isla, Spanish Flamenco Singer (1950-1992)
Camarón de la Isla was considered by many as the gipsy god of flamenco. Today we remember his legacy and his legendary trajectory that left a mark in Spanish music history, leaving his memory to be respected with great zeal.
Reviews
Unity, Belonging and Pride: Bad Bunny's London…
Puerto Rican national treasure and global superstar, Bad Bunny sold out two shows at the Tottenham…
THE MAY REGGAETON RECAP | 2026
In case you haven't heard - you definitely have - Bad Bunny has kicked off his Debí Tirar Más…
Pacifica @ The Garage, Islington
Formed by internet friends Inés Adam (vocals and guitar) and Martina Nintzel (bass and vocals), and…
Zé Ibarra @ The Jazz Café
Four years after wowing audiences as Milton Nascimentos's guest at The Union Chapel in…
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