In a collaboration the carioca musician has termed “full of poetic nostalgia”, masterful filmmaker Paula Gaitán has been enlisted by Ana Frango Elétrico to direct a video for “Promessas e Previsões”. Gaitán’s video for the Little Electric Chicken... Read Article
There was avante-garde pop from Brazil, Detroit soul, and hip-hop over classical Indian music in the “heart of Manhattan” (Times Square) on the 14th of January as globalFEST celebrated its 15th edition. What a world music showcase it... Read Article
Another week, another crass comment by the Commander-in-Chief of the United States. Luckily, the bands in the Big Apple for Globalfest, Winter Jazz Fest and APAP (the members conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters) are set to make ‘shithole-gate’... Read Article
“¡Ay, qué manera de caer hacia arriba y de ser sempiterna, esta mujer!” (“Oh, the way this woman has of falling upwards and being eternal!”) These are the opening lines to Pablo Neruda’s poem “Una Elegia para Cantar” (An... Read Article
As we’re now more than half the way through 2016 we figured it was only right that we shared some of the tracks that we’ve been loving so far this year. What follows is a playlist featuring some... Read Article
Having been the man behind Far Out Recordings’ great compilation of new Brazilian music last year – entitled Amplificador Novissima Musica Brasileira – and the recently-released Novissima Musica Brasileira on Sony Music Brasil, Marcelo Monteiro is clearly on... Read Article
Luiz Gabriel Lopes is a one-man Brazilian music machine. As well as being the lead singer and guitarist for well-respected bands Graveola and TiãoDuá, he is increasingly earning accolades for his solo music. This year he released O... Read Article
Enjoyed reading about our favourite South American albums of the year? Well, now we’ve put together a Soundcloud playlist featuring tracks from some of those albums as well as lots of other choice selections from across the year.... Read Article
The criteria for our annual year-end list is simple: these are collectively our favourite South American albums of the year, which is to say that they are albums that either hail from South America or feature South American... Read Article
He’s done it again! Regular S&C contributor Boebis has put together another quality mixtape of music from Brazil, this time featuring some of the amazing sounds coming out of São Paulo. Here’s Boebis to explain a little more... Read Article
Here’s our latest round-up of new South American albums available for free download. Featuring everything from harsh IDM to Chilean rap and Brazilian jazz to experimental pop, there really should be something for everyone here. Ten great reasons... Read Article
The tag of “post-tropicália” has never felt more apparent that on the latest release from Ava Rocha. Ava Patrya Yndia Yracema is the second album from the Rio-born singer and offers 12 tracks of astonishing inventiveness and originality.... Read Article
