During the annual solo percussion competition at the Aspen Music Festival and School, an untrained voice and a passion for Chilean folk song from marimba player Jaime Cárdenas-España won over judges. ...

In Spanish, quiltro means street dog, a mixed-breed mutt often found roaming city streets. Fittingly, Denver-based Kiltro, which took its name from that word, draws from an array of sounds and musical ...

This past Sept. 18, my mother and I sat down to eat empanadas we picked up from a local Chilean eatery in honor of Chile's Independence Day, Dieciocho. My mother played her favorite musician, Chilean ...

For this year’s Icons & Influences issue, we asked 10 artists to pay tribute to the women who have shaped their sound, provided an example, and inspired them to break down barriers. Chan Marshall, a.k ...

Chris Bowers-Castillo insists that Creatures of Habit isn’t about him. “Most of the stuff I write, it isn’t about me so much as it is about the people in my life or imagined scenarios,” says the ...

As one of the luminaries behind Chile’s Nueva Canción folk movement, singer-songwriter Víctor Jara was renowed worldwide for his heartrending protest songs promoting social justice, freedom and ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced the launch of Amazon Music for Colombia and Chile, bringing music fans millions of songs streaming in the highest-quality audio, ...

MIAMI — In one of the last songs Chilean folk singer Víctor Jara ever recorded over 50 years ago, he transformed the ominous verses of one of his homeland’s greatest poets into a ballad of stubborn ...