Text: Camila Álvarez.   Photos Courtesy of De Juepuchas

An increasing number of Colombian musical artists are mining the country’s rich and somewhat undiscovered cultural depths; Jack correspondent Camila Álvarez recently sat down with De Juepuchas, one of the best examples of this movement.
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Text and Photography by Josh Weiss
Los Angeles based Josh Weiss (aka DJ Gozar) traveled to Barranquilla, Colombia for a story on the colorful picó sound system culture, and the part it has played in maintaining the Atlantic Coast’s musical connection to Africa and the Caribbean.

Text: Robin Finley. Photography: Metraphotography

No, not that type of hardcore! Think guys with chest tattoos, feverish growling, straight-edge X-covered fists pounding to the rhythm of heavy thundering guitars mixed in with the not-so-pleasant olfactory experience of sweat and adrenaline.
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By Robin Finley. Photography by Carlos Andres “radheyo”

It’s official: urban dance has made a permanent move from the local streets and into the hearts of people around the world.
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Here at Jack we are particularly interested in discovering new Colombian music be it neo-folkloric, cumbia, reggaeton, whatever. After producing 88 radio shows of Jack Radio on 101.9FM we joined forces with Levi’s to curate the Levi’s Music online portal. The  project was established to promote local and emerging artists from across South America and each week [...]

Altavoz is the big international three day music festival held each year in Medellin. For 2011 the three day concert reported over 70,000 attendees. Last night, the last night of the concert, there was a logistical breakdown which led to a clash between the police and thousands of concert goers. Looking at Altavoz forums on social media [...]

By Pamela Ospina. Photography: Picinic Fotografia

Crew Peligrosos take the stage as light and color fill the room. Heads bob to the beat and words roll off the tongue; the kids in the barrio watch every move and see what they long to become.
Hip hop is comprised of 4 basic elements: MCs (Rappers), Deejays, B-Boys/B-Girls, and [...]

Interview by Jeff Guerra. Photos by Marco Durango

The DJ is a hungry animal, constantly in search of new and inspiring sounds to share. Thanks to a vibrant music blog community this search is now more international than ever, leading to such unlikely phenomena as weekly salsa nights in Japan and raging hip-hop clubs in Norway.
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Medellin, Colombia stays fresh with Hip Hop where local breakdancing crews dedicate a Sunday afternoon to a B-boy competition in Barrio Milagrosa.

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By Sonya Fierst. Photos courtesy of Carolina Londoño, Andres Kaelin, Wes MacHardy

Colombia’s love affair with tango dates back to the earlier half of the 20th century. Its popularity originally spread in 1935 when the godfather of tango, Carlos “El Mago” Gardel, died in a plane crash at Medellin’s Olaya Herrera airport. Gardel’s precipitous death left [...]