On his first album since breakout success Nó Na Orelha (2011) Criolo showcases his versatility and artistic vision by combining a rhymes and social critique with catchy beats, melodies and a startling fluidity between regional, national and global... Read Article
It’s not every day that a new collection of interviews about some of Brazil’s most celebrated musicians becomes available to the public. In The Brazilian Music Book: Brazil’s Singers, Songwriters and Musicians Tell the Story of Bossa Nova,... Read Article
Few films have felt as timely as Doméstica (Housemaids), a full-length experimental documentary about domestic workers (“empregadas”) in Brazil by Gabriel Mascaro. Considering that Brazil has been in the midst of evaluating and regulating this most intimate sphere of... Read Article
Mais Um Discos is out to revolutionize the way that curious onlookers seek out new music expressive of the changes undergoing the Brazilian music scene and their latest compilation, Daora: Underground Sounds Of Urban Brasil – Hip-Hop, Beats, Afro... Read Article
The liner notes for Ruspo’s debut, Esses Patifes (These Criminals), describe the album as a journalistic meditation on Brazil’s disparate geography through the lens of “tropical lo-fi.” While that framework might be useful for approaching the album, the... Read Article
