King Kong en Asunción opens with us in the backseat of a 4×4, as the protagonist (deftly played by Andrade Júnior, who sadly passed away before the film was released) drives into the salt flats of Bolivia to... Read Article
With a long career and an impressive back catalogue, Cabruêra have taken their nordestino sound on 11 tours of Europe. This coming 16th and 17th of January, they’re finally bringing the show to the USA, with shows in... Read Article
“Gata, you’re going to have to earn your way up by playing the bars”. These are the words that greeted the carioca Flávia Coelho when she first decided to follow her idols and move to Paris. Nine years... Read Article
One of the darlings of Brazil’s contemporary music scene, Céu is making her long-awaited return to London on November 21st for an intimate show as part of a brief European tour. Born into a musical family and growing... Read Article
“Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises” So says Caliban, the colonised antagonist of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Forming part of 2012’s Cultural Olympiad, The World Shakespeare Festival sees our little island filled with the noises of... Read Article
Peru’s Dengue Dengue Dengue take the music of the continent’s north and give it a modern twist, complete with a nod to gringo beats (Boards of Canada’s cumbia makeover here is stellar). DDD is a duo made up... Read Article
“Volteeeeeiiii Recife…!” (Recife, I’m back!) “Foi a saudade que me trouxe pelo braço…” (Missing you has dragged me back). When I think of Carnival in Recife and Olinda in the North East of Brazil, the first thing that... Read Article
Keeping your eyes and ears open, it’s clear that London has its fair share of Brazilians and Brazilian parties. However on a September evening something else is in the air. Caipirinhas are replaced by Carlsbergs and any sultry... Read Article
In his latest work Fé na Festa, Brazil’s former Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil returns to his roots to celebrate the São João festival, a celebration, which fills northeastern calendars with a week of wall to wall forró... Read Article
