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REVIEW Camarão – The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie 1964-1974
His friends used to say, “His accordion speaks for him”. However, the most notable contribution to the genre of forró... Read Article
Secrets of the Rio Negro by Stan Davis
Stan Davis’ Secrets of the Rio Negro is a boy’s own paper piece of adventure fiction. Slash and Burn The... Read Article
REVIEW Dona Onete – Feitiço Caboclo
To introduce her by saying that Dona Onete is a 73-year-old singer who has just released her début album, doesn’t... Read Article
Experimental Electro-Pop from Brazil’s Strobo
Today we thought we’d highlight some new music from Belém of electro-pop band Strobo. The band came into life in... Read Article
REVIEW Leila Pinheiro & Nelson Faria – Céu e Mar
Riding on a new wave of Bossa Nova, Céu e Mar (‘Sky and Sea’), Leila Pinheiro and Nelson Faria’s first... Read Article
Vincent Moon Explores Afro-Brazilian Religion of Umbanda in New Petites Planetes Volume
In the latest of Vincent Moon‘s Petites Planetes series he documents a music and dance ritual in Belém do Para,... Read Article
MIXTAPE Belém da Bahia: Axé Melody Mixtape
A great mixtape of new music for you today courtesy of our good friends at the SoundGoods blog (which is... Read Articleinternal_server_error