Brazil

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

By Luiz Gabriel Lopes 23 December, 2018

It’s become a regular fixture on Sounds and Colours at the end of the year for Luiz Gabriel Lopes –... Read Article

By S&C Team 21 December, 2018

Time for our round-up of the best albums of the year and, as ever, the criteria remains the same. These... Read Article

By S&C Team 21 December, 2018

As well as the new sounds of Latin America, 2018 has also been a fine year for the reissuing of... Read Article

By Russ Slater 20 December, 2018

There’s always one album that comes along at the end of the year that from the first moment you listen... Read Article

By Russ Slater 20 December, 2018

A new short film by Goma Collective puts the spotlight on a community of surfers from the Rocinha favela in... Read Article

By Adailton Moura 17 December, 2018

Ivan “Mamão” Conti has followed many paths in Brazilian music. With his group Azymuth he conquered Brazil and the world with... Read Article

By Graham Douglas 12 December, 2018

It was a hot day in the beautiful town of Amarante, the Portuguese base of Brazil’s MIMO festival. I’m chatting... Read Article

By Mark Sampson 11 December, 2018

Back in 1994, I recorded a broadcast on Radio 3 of Hermeto Pascoal live in concert with a big band... Read Article

By Jo Brandim-Howson 27 November, 2018

Obscuro Barroco is an acid-laced homage to the forces and characters that give life to Rio de Janeiro. Fragments of... Read Article

By Russ Slater 16 November, 2018

Experimental Brazilian group RAKTA, whose last release, Oculto Pelos Seres, was one of our biggest revelations of 2017, will be... Read Article