This is Prime Cuts, Medellin English Radio with Robin and Jeff. Broadcast from the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. This week with music by Bogota based group Matiz y  Semblanza. Tune in to 101.9 FM every Saturday night at 9 PM to listen live or visit us here for the recorded version!

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Photos by Carlos Spoon

Last week Bogota hosted a massive music concert called SOMA. The idea was to hold a forum for a new trend in music taking off here in Colombia. Over the past few years a small group of artist have been experimenting with a hybrid of different rhythms and musical influences and the [...]

Photos by Camilo Monsalve

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Salsa fans rejoice: Medellin’s salsa scene has a hot spot for dancing with drink prices you’d find in the barrio. Medellin has about 5 real quality recommendations for dancing salsa but Son Havana is one that passes every “salseros” list for having great music, a great crowd, a nice price, plus it [...]

DJ Dmoe is a vinyl DJ and music producer from Medellin, Colombia who as of lately seems to be all over the city – hip hop events, concerts, dropping disco vinyl in dance clubs or in this case at the Modern Art Museum of Medellin (MAMM). Dmoe isn’t afraid of throwing in the flavorful track [...]

Text by Robin Finley.  Photos By Mateo Garcia.

A new music movement is underway in Colombia and it was on total display this past Saturday.  For all those in attendance there was no doubt that Saturday night’s show “Tropicotijuana” in Medellin, Colombia was a firecracker musical performance.

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After a group of four adventurous Colombian friends traveled around South America they came back to Medellin with the inspiration of foods and flavors from across the continent. It was in Brazil where they came across local delicacies served in cones, yes cones, and thus came the idea for Konico, located in upper Poblado. Like wraps, but served vertical, [...]

This is Prime Cuts, Medellin English Radio with Robin and Jeff. Broadcast from the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. This week with music by Bogota based group Sonora Ocho.   Tune in to 101.9 FM every Saturday night at 9 PM to listen live or visit us here for the recorded version!

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Photos by Juan Jose Cordero

If arepas can have red carpets then it was surely out last week at Crista Club in Medellin, Colombia where we had a royal celebration of the now international magazine.

Flowmatixx from Los Angeles was DJing and local artists Explosion Negra left the crowd hot, hot, hot.

Local reggaeton artist Tiam also hit the [...]

With more music than you could imagine squeezing into one day, this Saturday November 27th in Bogota, is an event called SOMA. There will be two stages, 15 hours of music, food, drink, art and technology – a recipe for a kick ass show.  The list of artists is pretty impressive and SOMA is giving [...]

Story: Sally Jordan. Photos: Martha Castillo

Shock is one of Colombia’s premiere music magazines and last week they put on their major annual award show in the massive Coliseo El Salitre in Bogota. With 26 different categories and over 100 nominated Colombian artists, this year the Shock Awards were an impressive parade of Colombia’s most popular musicians and of [...]