The connections between Latin American and Caribbean music aren’t always obvious at first listen, but they’re undeniably there. The Caribbean has always been a region of movement and exchange –…

A personal recollection of my musical journey, illustrated with a variety of music.

I first encountered Karmelo y Compañía through a YouTube recommendation. Their rendition of “El Testamento” appeared in my feed – that delightfully humorous dance song filled with “picardía” (playful double…

The original pream/amp module that came with my soundsystem worked, but it was extremely basic, and the mutes for bass & tops didn’t work. Of course, being an obsessive nerd,…

Surprisingly, Momotombo Soundsystem is a real soundsystem – of sorts. I wanted to build a small-scale system that would be comparable to a couple of powered commercial monitors, but with…