Indigenous artists staged a ‘retomada’ (reclaiming what is theirs) during an exhibition at Salvador’s Museum of Modern Art of Bahia. They took over the curation, rejecting the separation of ‘high art’ and ‘arts and crafts’, breaking traditional gallery... Read Article
Bahia-born sound artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Junix 11 is woven into the very tapestry of Brazilian cultural production. A sought-after collaborator and producer, Junix 11 has worked extensively with artists and groups such as BaianaSystem, Arto Lindsay, Carlinhos... Read Article
“On a very cold day, in one of those Berlin winters, I was browsing through a photobook of Brazil and, among many dazzling images, I found myself staring at a picture of the Pelourinho in Salvador, Bahia. I... Read Article
Since their acclaimed album Duas Cidades was released in 2016, BaianaSystem have often been singled out as the most relevant novelty in Brazilian music in recent years. Their cathartic shows and their use of the trio elétrico format during carnival... Read Article
The bass scene in Bahia is showing no signs of slowing down. BaianaSystem are still one of the big draws but we can also mention artists like Afrocidade, ÀTTØØXXÁ, Telefunksoul and Opanije, to name a few, all of whom are... Read Article
We’re real happy to have another fine mix of Brazilian tunes on the site from Batukizer’s (EVFB) very own DJ Contracapa. A passionate researcher of Brazilian music this one is very much a sequel to his previous Afro... Read Article
DJ Tudo is something of an ambassador for traditional Brazilian (and world) music. He’s been featured on this site many times before, whether for his funky globetrotting band DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar, for his... Read Article
Walter Fraga’s Crossroads of Freedom: Slaves and Freed People in Bahia, Brazil, 1870–1910 is an impressively constructed study of the lives of Afro-Brazilians in the Recȏncavo region of Bahia (the Recȏncavo is the area surrounding the Bay of... Read Article
We are huge fans of Lucas Santtana, a Brazilian artist who has now firmly established himself on the international music scene. At the tail end of last year he released Sobre Noites E Dias, his sixth record and... Read Article
Luiz Gabriel Lopes is the guitarist and lead singer of Graveola and TiãoDuá, two of Brazil’s most exciting bands and cornerstones of the music scene in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which is where Luiz currently lives. He has picked... Read Article
With the confidence of his father, Moreno Veloso has released his first album under his own name (though his ground-breaking album Máquina de Escrever/Music Typewriter from 2001, which was released as Moreno +2, should not be forgotten). Coisa... Read Article
This is an exclusive extract from Sounds and Colours Brazil, our book focused on Brazilian music and culture. Incubator, lab and launch pad, the northeastern state of Bahia is the source of so many pivotal shifts in Brazilian... Read Article
