Articles by Sergio Elmir

Various

The World is Shaking: Cubanismo from the Congo, 1954-55

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

In the mid-'50s, the Congo was entering a golden-age of Cuban-inspired rumba music that would eventually become the most popular sound acro...

Various

Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967-77

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

As a crossroads between North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean, Panama has one of the most diverse musical histories in...

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Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous in Young Nuyorica

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

By the beginning of the '60s in New York, Latin music was moving into an evolutionary period. The commanding presence of Mambo in NYC clubs...

Los Flippers

Pronto Viveremos Un Mundo Mejor

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

Formed in Colombia in the early '60s, Los Flippers were one of Colombia's better known psychedelic rock group. Like many of South America's...

The Beatnuts / Jeremy Chambers

Sound Academy, Toronto ON May 29

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2009

It's hard to say how many of the long haired, baggy jeaned, skateboard-toting crowd was actually in the building to celebrate the anniversa...

Buraka Som Sistema's Joao 'Lil' John' Barbosa

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2009

In a very short while, Buraka Som Sistema have become the official flag carriers for the Angolan/Portuguese Kuduro movement. So what is Kud...

Video Mashup

For the Love of YouTube

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

In this user generated content-crazy world of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, one artist has created an unbelievable, unique work of virtual...

Ghislain Poirier

Soca Sound System

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

Relentless BPMs and top Trini MCs mark the rhythms on this anticipated release from Canada's answer to the bass generation: Ghislain Poirie...