Saving Venezuelan Pop Classics
Musician and producer Cheo Pardo has a mission: re-recording and re-releasing the music we lost because of the demise of the Venezuelan music business
Tag: Pop Culture
Into the Universe of Choro 2021
Venezuelan writer and filmmaker Carl Zitelmann launched a video game, about a criollo post apocalyptic landscape. We played it and this is how it went
Gaita: the Ultimate Venezuelan Holiday Music
Every December, a musical genre specific to Zulia state spreads to the rest of the country and its diaspora. But for Zulianos, it’s way more than Christmas songs
Rewatching Radio Rochela with Cringe
Exploring the legacy of this classic Venezuelan TV comedy show in the 21st century can be a complicated endeavor
When Your Favorite Rock Stars Defend Dictatorships
Some say you have to separate the art from the artist, but it’s not easy when voices of rock & roll and rebellion run to support repression against the Cuban and Venezuelan people
A Celebration of ‘Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Bands’
The ironic category Los Amigos Invisibles gave to themselves can also be used for several music projects that have been fusioning rock, jazz and many Caribbean genres since the 1980s
Ymago, a Mérida Production Company Shining Bright on Streaming Platforms
Despite the many limitations, José Manuel Romero and Erika Rodríguez generate documentary content being watched all over the world
Maduro TV Plays ‘Soul’ and Nobody Bats an Eye
Years before sanctions, chavismo took our country out of global accountability. Now state TV stations broadcast Hollywood movies without answering to their owners
Seeing Venezuela All Over WandaVision
Just like Wanda in the hit Marvel Studios series, we tend to develop alternate realities in order to cope with the grief of the lost paradise
Marapolio: Monopoly with a Maracucho Twist
For many Venezuelans, and particularly for natives of Zulia State, there’s a board game that's pushing all the right buttons of quality and nostalgia
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