MIXTAPE DANZ ON 15: Entropia-Entalpia
Entropia-Entalpia is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Recife, who, following a two-year stint in Angola, moved to São Paulo, becoming... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Babenco: Tell Me When I Die’: A Touching Love Letter to a Cinematic Giant
Héctor Babenco, a renowned Brazilian-Argentinean filmmaker, passed away in 2016 at the age of sixty, after struggling with cancer for... Read Article
REVIEW Antonio Neves – A Pegada Agora é Essa
It’s rare to find an album starring the trombone: the names Jay Jay Johnson, Trombone Shorty, Willie Colón come to... Read Article
‘Torto Arado’ by Itamar Vieira Júnior: The Fight for Land Rights in Brazil’s Northeast
On May 13th 1888, Brazil became the last nation in the Americas to formally abolish slavery. Over 130 years later,... Read Article
MIXTAPE CON ALMA 23: Cøelho
Rodrigo Coelho, under his latest nom de guerre, released Six Sines this month. A so-called sonic representation of duality, and... Read Article
A New Book Honours Female Resistance During Brazil’s 21-year Dictatorship
This article was originally published by Global Voices. You can read the original here. Marli witnessed a military policeman killing... Read Article
REVIEW Marcos Resende & Index
A musical prodigy, Marcos Resende learnt to play the accordion at age two and the piano at six. If the... Read Article
On The Margins – Brazilian Music Round-Up (Gimu, Black Snake 808, Nalesca Mantega, Hanni Palecter, J G B, Akira Umeda and more)
Hey, guess what? It’s really fucked up here at the moment. I mean it’s so disorganised and confusing that there’s... Read Article
MIXTAPE CON ALMA 22: j yettram
This morning’s bleary-eyed Con Alma Mixtape was hastily assembled between eight and ten o’clock, today. Following a drop-out, I thought... Read Article
MIXTAPE RARO 10: Serpente Tigre
“Thrilling” is an apt term to describe Serpente Tigre‘s trademark sound. The Paulista DJ and producer leaps between such an... Read Article
Antonio Neves: Keep It In The Family
We’re talking ahead of the release of Neves’ hotly anticipated sophomore album A Pegada Agora É Essa (This Sway Now), due out on the UK label Far Out Recordings next Friday. But, for much of our early conversation, Neves looks to the past, rather than future, regaling with stories of a remarkable childhood.
MIXTAPE CON ALMA 21: Junix 11
Bahia-born sound artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Junix 11 is woven into the very tapestry of Brazilian cultural production. A sought-after... Read Article