Carma Cobra just launched a mural reinterpretation of an old urban legend in Cali Colombia. Captured in the video below it is about an alligator that inhabited a local pond and had a propensity for eating the ducks and pets of the people who lived nearby.

Carma Cobra is made up of three Colombian illustrators with [...]

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.
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Hailing from Medellin, after years spent designing clothes for private companies, Argemiro Sierra took the leap and created his own self-titled line.
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Text Robin Finley. Illustration Joni Benjumenea

Any primary English teacher will tell you their Colombian students often lack a robust arsenal of adjectives. There are so many ways to describe people beyond “nice” and “funny”; here is a small selection of terms applied to those unique characters we come across in daily life.
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365 drawings in 365 days, that was the goal of Medellin based painter Manuela Betancourt whose collection is now on display at the Chamber of Commerce in Poblado,  Medellín.

Betancourt’s elegantly austere images are generally composed of ink and pastel, presented in a very minimalist vein for she has won acclaim in Colombia. Her collection entitled [...]

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.

From Medellin, Colombia house producer Vandelklang released his new album entitled “Jugo de Naranjo” yesterday and for a limited time it is available for a free download (here).  Ten delicious organic house tracks that go from hypnotic to funky, through and through a very positive ride.  The album came out on the Monofonicos label, a [...]

Photos and text by Carrie Hibbared

The rolling green hills of southwestern Antioquia are dotted with bright red cherries, not to top a sundae, but to brew up a steaming cup of joe. The first swath of Colombia’s famous coffee zone begins in southern Antioquia, with the town of Andes appropriately dubbed “the commercial gate to the [...]

Medellin’s La Primavera is a super-hip shopping district, a place one goes to find independent fashion designers and one-of-a-kind clothing. That is, unless you’re a guy. Among this plentitude of women’s boutiques and shoe stores, Poison has recently opened an all-male shopping oasis.

Started by three brothers who were fed up with local options, they’ve stocked [...]

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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