Fifty years ago, Colombia’s first international hit—“El Preso” by Fruko y sus Tesos—was born. It remains a singular salsa anthem; a classic in a celebrated canon of modern Colombian music.

Okan’s music reads easily as an active site of resistance.

In the UK, Latinx artists are attempting to make visible the realities of being Latinx in a country that is far too unfamiliar with the diaspora.

Revisiting the origins of Puerto Rican plena and the emergence of inclusive groups featuring women, queer, trans, and nonbinary musicians.

Understanding J.Lo’s rise to stardom and post-9/11 U.S. anxiety around national security through the lens of surveillance aesthetics and symbolic colonization.