REVIEW Rodrigo Amarante – Drama
When the LA-based Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Rodrigo Amarante, delivered his first solo album Cavalo in 2014, it announced a... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s New Singles Round-Up (Jorge Drexler, Nidia Góngora, Quantic, Lagartijeando, Combo Chimbita, Islandman, Vana Liya and more)
While the English version of football may not be ‘coming home’ after all the hype, I’ll go home to my... Read Article
REVIEW Os Amantes – Os Amantes
Singer Jaloo and instrumental duo Strobo (Leo Chermont and Arthur Kunz) cook up delicious Brazilian flavours in the debut album... Read Article
On The Margins – Brazilian Music Round-Up (Mbé, Romulo Fróes, Forró Red Light, Blue Beast, Gimu and more)
Thousands of people have been out on the street protesting, we’re slowly getting vaccinated, so hey, positive vibes abound. As... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Pelé’ Looks at the Life of Brazil’s Legendary Footballer Both On and Off the Field
The most striking moment of Pelé (David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas, 2021) is barely in the frame: in the aftermath of... Read Article
RARO 16: Nochi
André Campos Romero is a musician and producer from San José, Costa Rica, known best under the moniker Nochi. Besides... Read Article
PREMIÈRE: Ana Frango Elétrico Releases Paula Gaitán-Directed Video for “Promessas e Previsões”
In a collaboration the carioca musician has termed “full of poetic nostalgia”, masterful filmmaker Paula Gaitán has been enlisted by... Read Article
Latin American Films Take Top Awards At Sheffield DocFest
Three Latin American films have been awarded the top prizes at the 28th edition of the Sheffield DocFest (4-13 June... Read Article
REVIEW New Documentary Takes a Deep Dive into Caetano Veloso’s Imprisonment by Brazil’s Military Dictatorship
Codirected by Ricardo Calil and Renato Terra, who had previously worked together in the documentaries A Night in 67 (2010) and I am Carlos Imperial (2016), the film is a deep dive through Caetano Veloso’s own oral history into his imprisonment from the Brazilian military dictatorship in 1968.
VHOOR Unites Samba de Coco with Electronic Rhythms on New Album
It may not seem like it, but Victor Hugo Oliveira Rodrigues, artistically known as VHOOR, is only 23 years old with... Read Article
Strengthening the Electronic Community and Breaking Western-European Narratives with Latitudes
The position of Latin America has more often than not been one of an importer rather than an exporter of... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Alvorada Palace’ Offers a Window Into The Political Downfall of Dilma Rousseff
Anna Muylaert’s Alvorada Palace is an intimate and compelling insight into the life of Dilma Rousseff in the days and... Read Article