Bogota Music Venues – 3 Of The Best

Pablo Gaviria - Pulenta (Bogota)

Bogota has some very cool music venues and bars. There are A LOT of Bogota music venues and bars – of all sorts, for all tastes.  It’s a huge city. Not sure what Los Bogotanos would say about that, but it’s all relative isn’t it? I live in a famous tourist destination yet I have very… Continue reading Bogota Music Venues – 3 Of The Best

Mitú – An Entrancing Electronic Music Experience

Franklin Tejedor - Mitú

Last night in Bogota I had an absolutely unforgettable and entrancing musical experience. A most surprising and unexpected one: Mitú. I had no idea what the gig was. I only went to see some friends before I leave Bogota. What I found even before the main act was awesome – one of the coolest venues I’ve… Continue reading Mitú – An Entrancing Electronic Music Experience

Nestavibe – A Cute Reggae Band In A Stunning Venue

The band, Nestavibe…8 youngens. The venue… In a very beautiful, but reputedly dodgy (justifiably so) historical neighbourhood of Bogota called La Candelaria. I love La Candelaria. A stunning old theatre. One of a few different spaces within the walls where lives the Fundacion Gilberto Alzate Avendano. Every stone and piece of wood within those walls has character… Continue reading Nestavibe – A Cute Reggae Band In A Stunning Venue

Richard Blair – Musical Experience of the Week

Richard Blair

My musical experiences in Bogota this week were of different types and qualities. The best one?  Well it wasn’t really fusion music. It wasn’t even a live band. It was a DJ set by Richard Blair: Producer and Engineer;  Founder of Sidestepper, a very successful Colombian fusion music band; and an artist well recognised and respected… Continue reading Richard Blair – Musical Experience of the Week