Latin American Rock. From Mexico to Patagonia.
Latin American rock is one of the richest and least documented musical universes in existence. Dictatorships lived through to the sound of guitars, poetry blasted from the loudspeakers of packed stadiums, underground scenes born in the garages of Buenos Aires, Santiago, Mexico City, Bogotá, São Paulo.
This column explores all of it: a regular appointment every two weeks, with annotated rankings, band stories and thematic deep dives. Five broad geographical areas (Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, the Andean region, the Caribbean) and decades of music that finally deserves more listening.
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Rock latinoamericano: dalla Patagonia al Messico, la mappa che ti mancava
C’è un universo musicale enorme e ancora troppo poco conosciuto in Italia che attraversa un intero continente. Si chiama rock latinoamericano, e si estende dal Messico alla Patagonia passando per Ande, Caraibi e Amazzonia. Non è un genere omogeneo: è una costellazione di scene, lingue, tensioni politiche e identità culturali che hanno usato la chitarra…
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Argentinian rock: the 10 bands that changed everything
In no other country in Latin America has Argentine rock carried the cultural weight it has carried in Argentina. It is no exaggeration to say that, from the 1960s onwards, rock nacional has been one of the most powerful forces in the country’s cultural and social history. It accompanied the resistance to the dictatorship, it…
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Brazilian rock: the 10 artists to listen to at least once
The Brazilian rock scene is perhaps the least known — and most surprising — chapter in the whole history of Latin American rock. It was born in a country with a musical tradition so rich and layered that it seems almost impermeable to the electric guitar: samba, bossa nova, MPB, baião. And yet rock in…