Jacob Lassar

Austrian/USAmerican radio professional currently based in Vienna. Latin music aficionado and former producer and host of weekly radio show "Ritmo Caliente". Certified Alpine Hiking Guide and passionate about music, culture and arts of all sorts. E-Mail: [email protected]

Posts by Jacob Lassar:

Improvisation Is Originality and Language Without Repetition: An Interview with Hamilton de Holanda

By Jacob Lassar 03 May, 2016

Not many musicians manage to bridge the Brazilian musical origins of bossa, samba and choro with modern jazz, pop and... Read Article

Hamilton de Holanda Launches New Album ‘Samba de Chico’ Ahead Of European Tour

By Jacob Lassar 20 April, 2016

Hamilton de Holanda is currently one of the most celebrated instrumentalists in Brazil, blending Brazilian choro, samba and jazz together... Read Article

Marisa Monte Releases Teaser Of Upcoming Album ‘Coleção’, a ‘Chest of Musical Memories and Emotions’

By Jacob Lassar 15 April, 2016

She is a star of Brazilian MPB (música popular brasileira), a multi-instrumentalist, whose incredibly soothing and delicate voice is immediately... Read Article

Nomade Orquestra To Release Eclectic Self-Titled Debut Album

By Jacob Lassar 31 March, 2016

Brazil is a melting pot, and so is its music. Nomade Orquestra’s new album features a distinctive blend of funk, late-night... Read Article

Thiago Elniño’s New Video ‘Diáspora’ Is A Search For His Afro-Brazilian Roots

By Jacob Lassar 10 March, 2016

Similar to the origins of rap in the US, renowned Brazilian rap artists such as Gabriel O Pensador and Criolo... Read Article

REVIEW The Brasileiro Treasure Box of Funk and Soul

By Jacob Lassar 17 February, 2016

Think of psychedelic funk, put in some soul and place it in early 70s Brazil. That is exactly what awaits... Read Article

Teaser from Eliane Correa & En El Aire Project’s New Album

By Jacob Lassar 29 January, 2016

Right in time for the launch of Eliane Correa & En El Aire Project‘s new exciting Cuban fusion album Rumba Con Flores on... Read Article

Indigenous Bolivian Aymara Women Climbing Huayna Potosí

By Jacob Lassar 26 January, 2016

Think of cholitas, the indigenous Bolivian women, and you will most probably have ladies dressed in bowler hats, pleated multi-layered... Read Article

REVIEW Fabiano do Nascimento – Dança dos Tempos

By Jacob Lassar 19 January, 2016

Fabiano do Nascimento proves with his new album that the deep sounds created by Baden Powell and Hermeto Pascoal –... Read Article

REVIEW Chico Trujillo – Reina De Todas Las Fiestas

By Jacob Lassar 06 January, 2016

Picture yourself in a rural Chilean Andean town, or even in the highlands of Mexico, it’s carnival season and you... Read Article

REVIEW Giovani Cidreira – Giovani Cidreira EP

By Jacob Lassar 05 March, 2015

Equipped only with a guitar and some raw versions of his compositions, Giovani Cidreira’s new EP is somewhat of a... Read Article

REVIEW Moreno Veloso – Coisa Boa

By Jacob Lassar 17 November, 2014

With the confidence of his father, Moreno Veloso has released his first album under his own name (though his ground-breaking... Read Article