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Richard Villegas is a music journalist from New York City, who grew up in the Dominican Republic and is currently based in Mexico City. His work covers fresh sounds from Latin America and the diaspora (and sometimes Spain and Portugal), focusing on independent music and underground movements. Richard is a frequent contributor at publications such as Bandcamp Daily, Rolling Stone, KEXP and Remezcla. He also hosts and produces the Songmess Podcast, featuring interviews with artists and other music industry professionals, as well as exciting playlists highlighting new releases.
Strutting into a loft office in Buenos Aires' bohemian Villa Crespo neighborhood, Cazzu is the embodiment of casual elegance, wearing a Miu Miu hoodie and slouchy Louis Vuitton boots with unostentatious ease. The trap and reggaeton superstar is preparing for her first U.S. tour, which kicked off in Chicago on Apr.
The trailblazing Dominican trio discuss making their darkwave-inflected new album 'ETERNA' and celebrating small-town queerness.
A new wave of Chilean rock, emo, punk, and folk bands channel unrest into bracing songs.
Rappers Akriila, Nvscvr, and more reflect on Chile's shifting social paradigms and how música urbana became "comfort music when everything was fucked"
Touring a country where the musical terrain is as varied as the geography.
"We've taken ownership of our roots and identity to not depend on the Global North." Latin club music is lighting up the global dance floor.
Weeks before her 78th birthday, Fefita La Grande is dressed in full glam and lying down in the middle of the road. Rolling around in a flurry of poses for the photographer, holding up traffic somewhere near the city center of Santiago de los Caballeros, in the Dominican Republic, a crowd has gathered to cheer for the merengue icon.
SCENE REPORT From Andean Goth to Chicha Disco: A Brief History of the Bolivian Underground By Richard Villegas · Illustration byFlo Meissner · January 14, 2022 When Cochabamba collective Nuson released their first compilation back in 2018, ambitions were modest.