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  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Today's Bop Street Find: Gilberto & Jobim By João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Artist: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim Album: Gilberto & Jobim Label: Capitol Records Release: 1964 I've been on a major bossa nova kick lately, and have been working my way through the latin jazz selections at the home base of local record-enabler Dave Voorhees, Bop Street Records. ... More >>

  • Diversions

    November 16, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    Artist: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim Album: Gilberto & Jobim Label: Capitol Records Release: 1964 I've been on a major bossa nova kick lately, and have been working my way through the latin jazz selections at the home base of local record-enabler Dave Voorhees, Bop Street Records. ... More >>

  • Music

    October 19, 2011

    This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Avram Fefer to Mariachi El Bronx.

  • Calendar

    October 19, 2011

    Mariachi El Bronx

    From Avram Fefer to Mariachi El Bronx.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Sunday Folklife Picks: VamoLá! Drum & Dance Ensemble, Fox and the Law, and Northern Departure

    VamoLá! Drum & Dance Ensemble. Mural Ampitheatre, 7:30 p.m. VamoLá aims to recreate "the celebratory spirit of carnival," and the Brazilian music and dance group will perform as part of Folklife's Brazil showcase, which will also include samba acts Sama Ja and Bacatuda Yemanja. If the above vide ... More >>

  • Diversions

    February 2, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    VamoLá! Drum & Dance Ensemble. Mural Ampitheatre, 7:30 p.m. VamoLá aims to recreate "the celebratory spirit of carnival," and the Brazilian music and dance group will perform as part of Folklife's Brazil showcase, which will also include samba acts Sama Ja and Bacatuda Yemanja. If the above vide ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Burn the Floor

    VamoLá! Drum & Dance Ensemble. Mural Ampitheatre, 7:30 p.m. VamoLá aims to recreate "the celebratory spirit of carnival," and the Brazilian music and dance group will perform as part of Folklife's Brazil showcase, which will also include samba acts Sama Ja and Bacatuda Yemanja. If the above vide ... More >>

  • Diversions

    July 21, 2010

    Mexican Mormons and Jaliscan Blowhards

    VamoLá! Drum & Dance Ensemble. Mural Ampitheatre, 7:30 p.m. VamoLá aims to recreate "the celebratory spirit of carnival," and the Brazilian music and dance group will perform as part of Folklife's Brazil showcase, which will also include samba acts Sama Ja and Bacatuda Yemanja. If the above vide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Cinco de Mayo: Your Mini Guide to Celebrating in Seattle

    ​Get your fake cough ready; you're going to be calling in "sick" to work on Thursday. Why? Because you're going to have drained the entire city's tequila inventory (and prayed to the porcelain gods) the night prior, celebrating Cinco de Mayo! Here are the drinking destinations, offering ever ... More >>

  • Diversions

    October 28, 2009

    Why Are Mexican Girls Choosing to Fail?

    ​Get your fake cough ready; you're going to be calling in "sick" to work on Thursday. Why? Because you're going to have drained the entire city's tequila inventory (and prayed to the porcelain gods) the night prior, celebrating Cinco de Mayo! Here are the drinking destinations, offering ever ... More >>

  • Music

    July 8, 2009

    Ceu Slumps With Soul

    The Brazillian singer wants you to slow down.

  • Diversions

    June 3, 2009

    Why is “Authentic” Mexican Food So Terrible?

    The Brazillian singer wants you to slow down.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    I've Been Listening To... Diplo, Gilberto Gil, and They Live!

    For the past eight or nine years, I've had a major soft spot in my heart for the music coming out of Brazilian favelas. I'm a believer in the fact that poor people often make the best music and if you know anything about the favelas (shantytowns) just outside of Rio de Janeiro, then you might alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Last Night: The Afro Cuban All-Stars at Pantages Theater

    Considering that the concert review below this one references musicians who couldn't play in the U.S. because of visa restrictions, it's interesting that both the Master Musicians of Jajouka and the Afro Cuban All-Stars played in the Northwest last night. While the first group finally got to play ... More >>

  • Music

    February 4, 2009

    Neil Diamond Taps Our Own Los Volcanes for Grammy Party

    How an obscure local tejano band came to share a bill with Coldplay and Tim McGraw.

  • Music

    November 5, 2008

    Crossing the (Belltown) Border

    Everyone claims to love salsa in Seattle’s hottest dance clubs. So why don’t Hispanics feel welcome there?

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Linda Ronstadt

    Everyone claims to love salsa in Seattle’s hottest dance clubs. So why don’t Hispanics feel welcome there?

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2008

    Mariachi Madness

    Saturday, April 26

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008
  • Calendar

    February 13, 2008

    Los Amigos Invisibles

    Wednesday, February 13

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    CéU

    Saturday, November 10

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    MMMmmm Drop!

    Saturday, November 10

  • Diversions

    August 29, 2007
  • Diversions

    June 6, 2007

    Beware the Chorizo Stuffer

    Saturday, November 10

  • Diversions

    May 16, 2007

    Wake Up and Smell the Tacos

    Saturday, November 10

  • Music

    August 31, 2005

    Think Globally

    Three new albums reconfigure the pan-African groove.

  • Music

    June 22, 2005

    Bebel Gilberto at the Moore Theatre

    Three new albums reconfigure the pan-African groove.

  • Diversions

    June 22, 2005

    Love and Marriage

    Three new albums reconfigure the pan-African groove.

  • Music

    May 11, 2005

    Out of Africa

    New collections of old sounds.

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    Rio Baile Funk

    Also: My Chemical Romance and The Hospitals

  • Music

    November 10, 2004

    The Futureheads, Diplo, and Trumans Water

    Also: My Chemical Romance and The Hospitals

  • Music

    July 7, 2004

    CD Reviews

    Also: My Chemical Romance and The Hospitals

  • Food

    July 7, 2004

    Fusion With a View

    Buena Vista at the Lakeside offers Latin for lovers.

  • Music

    May 5, 2004

    West Africa Social Club

    Orchestra Baobab bring '70s Senegal to modern America.

  • Film

    September 10, 2003

    Backyard, Cabin Fever, Herod's Law, and More

    Orchestra Baobab bring '70s Senegal to modern America.

  • Music

    July 5, 2000

    Omara Portuondo, The Delgados.

    Orchestra Baobab bring '70s Senegal to modern America.

  • Film

    May 24, 2000

    Bossa Nova

    Doing the Brazilian mating dance.

  • Music

    May 24, 2000

    Pearl Jam, Departure Lounge

    Doing the Brazilian mating dance.

  • Arts

    May 24, 2000

    Riding the current

    The harsh social and political realities behind Africa's heavenly rhythms.

  • Music

    September 1, 1999

    Attack with ideas

    Brazil's Olodum drums up a heady mix of politics and music.

  • Music

    August 11, 1999

    Pucho power

    Once relegated to the Borscht Belt, Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers ride a resurgence.

  • Music

    July 7, 1999

    Sir mix-and-match

    Brazil's Caetano Veloso remains the most relevant musician of his generation.

  • Music

    July 7, 1999

    Seven nights

    Brazil's Caetano Veloso remains the most relevant musician of his generation.

  • Music

    June 30, 1999

    Seven nights

    Brazil's Caetano Veloso remains the most relevant musician of his generation.

  • Music

    June 16, 1999

    Havana wonderful time

    Wim Wenders' commercial for Buena Vista Social Club.

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    The Sound of Son

    ¡Cubanismo! carries old-time Afro-Cuban rhythms to a modern audience.

  • Music

    March 17, 1999

    Tune travel

    How music can help you tune in to, or survive, your surroundings.

  • Film

    December 23, 1998

    The '98 yearbook

    Rewinding and revisiting the year's highs and lows.

  • Music

    October 21, 1998

    Heavy heads

    Recent releases prove that beats aren't just for dancing anymore.

  • Music

    July 15, 1998

    Global Squeezebox

    A look at the big, beautiful, and newly popular world of the accordion.

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