It’s big, brassy and Brazilian. It’s Bixiga 70, back in the socket for their fourth album and their second for Glitterbeat. If the formula remains largely the same, there’s no denying the potency. Like other little big bands... Read Article
Bixiga 70 have returned with a rocket of a new track that sizzles in all the right ways: funky guitars, groovy drumming patterns, bombastic horns, it’s everything you want from the band and more, a powerful evocation of... Read Article
Bixiga 70‘s influences are many. The group came to life just over five years ago as a 10-piece band with a classic afrobeat set-up (horns, percussion, funky guitar). Considering their name alludes to Fela Kuti’s Africa 70 band and the... Read Article
The 13 or so musicians who make up the Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra’s dizzying array of saxophones, brass, keyboard and percussion first met back in 2009 when they assembled for a gig at the inaugural Fela Day in Rio... Read Article
Our favourite album of 2015 was Bixiga 70‘s third album, III, so it is no surprise that we are very excited about the group’s debut gig in the UK. Bixiga 70, who take their name and inspiration from... Read Article
Even if the São Paulo bairro of Bixiga was almost entirely colonized by Italian migrants more than one hundred years ago, today that influence is clear only when reading the surnames of its inhabitants and eating out in... Read Article
The creativity, ideology and bonhomie really spills out from Bixiga 70 in this enlightening (and undeniably groovy) 15-minute documentary showing the group on their recent trip to New York, with all members spilling the beans on what the... Read Article
The indescribably-groovy Brazilian big band Bixiga 70 released their third album, simply titled Bixiga 70 III, today. The record comprises nine tracks and follows the sound that the group mapped out on previous releases, with horn and percussion-fuelled... Read Article
