Brazil

By Adailton Moura 17 April, 2019

RAPadura‘s musicality is unique. His RAP has the characteristics of Brazil, as well as the nickname he chose (RAPadura is... Read Article

By Victor Meyer 15 April, 2019

“On a very cold day, in one of those Berlin winters, I was browsing through a photobook of Brazil and,... Read Article

By Edocaso 10 April, 2019

A third of the crazy samba trio Azymuth, Ivan Conti learned how to play the drums by observing and understanding... Read Article

By Gabriel Rizzo 02 April, 2019

Since their acclaimed album Duas Cidades was released in 2016, BaianaSystem have often been singled out as the most relevant... Read Article

By Adailton Moura 22 March, 2019

Africanness in Brazil has (almost) always been on the sidelines. In the past there was not a huge amount of... Read Article

By Gabriel Rizzo 19 March, 2019

Dona Onete’s latest video “Festa do Tubarão” (Shark Party), promises a rebujo in the music of Pará, a state in... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 13 March, 2019

As SXSW gets into the swing of things, we have been listening to Latin American artists who will perform and... Read Article

By Mark Sampson 13 March, 2019

The UK’s two leading sources of Brazilian music, Mr. Bongo and Far Out Recordings, have been busy in the vaults... Read Article

By Adailton Moura 11 March, 2019

The sound of Criolo appears to be in constant transformation. Starting off with the ‘gangsta rap’ of 2006’s Ainda Há Tempo (when he... Read Article

By Bryan McCann 26 February, 2019

Brenno Brélvis won the 2016 So You Can Longboard Dance? competition with a move he calls the Spin Brélvis. He... Read Article

By Rebecca Wilson 02 January, 2019

2018 has been a year of mainstream, high-quality, smokin’ Latin pop. It’s also seen women, trans women and not so... Read Article

By Russ Slater 02 January, 2019

Few know better the freshest tunes coming out of Latin America than Cal Jader – one of the busiest tropical... Read Article