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Complementing our Best Albums of 2021 article here is our list of the best compilations, as voted for by our writers. As opposed to our Best Albums list, which is confined to new music, this one highlights some of the rarities that have been discovered in Latin American vaults, the search to find something different... <a class="view-article" href="https://soundsandcolours.com/subjects/music/best-compilations-of-2021-64462/">Read Article</a>
The debut album from El Drágon Criollo—AKA Colombian producer, musician and singer Paulo Olarte Toro—is out this week on El Palmas Music. Titled "Pase lo Que Pase"—“whatever happens happens”—it’s chock full of memorable melodic turns and hooks, gracefully swapping musical styles while staying grounded enough to have a clear identity.
Best Reissues of 2020 By S&C Team | 23 December, 2020 More than any other year, it definitely feels as if there has been a shift in terms of the types of albums being reissued from Latin America. Sure, there are still plenty of tropical Colombian albums and 70s Brazilian gems, but a lot of labels are now going even deeper, unearthing Venezuela’s avant-garde pioneers, Afro-Colombian music that was ignored in its own country for a long time, funky numbers from Guadeloupe, as well as many esoteric Brazilian finds. Where once the holy grail was the 60s many crate diggers it seems are now lookin...