It’s been a while since Alessandra Leão‘s last release, the intoxicating album Dois Cordões in 2009 which summed up a new mangue-folk sound perfectly, a distillation of North-Eastern Brazil’s rhythms into serene folk songs that highlighted Leão’s voice... Read Article
Eles Voltam (They’ll Come Back), written and directed by Marcelo Lordello, is an interesting development on the theme of spoilt, irritating adolescents. An argument in a car between a brother and sister – the stock of many a... Read Article
If you want to listen to great mixtapes of traditional Latin, African and Caribbean music your first port-of-call really should be La Tabaquera and their Soundcloud page. We’ve already featured mixes of music from Peru and Colombia by... Read Article
The time has come again to choose our favourite albums of the year. It’s a task that’s never easy, especially after the bumper year we’ve had, with great music coming from all over South America, reflected in the... Read Article
This is the second mixtape from La Tabaquera – a project led by Alessandra Leão and Caçapa – which this time presents the music of Peru with over 40 minutes of boogaloo, salsa, chicha, landó, alcatraz and a... Read Article
Pernambuco is one of the musical epicentres of Brazil, full of infectious rhythms and traditions such as caboclinho, forró, candomblé and baião. Since the emergence of Mangue Bit in the early 90s this has been even more the... Read Article
Caçapa‘s debut album Elefantes Na Rua Nova will be released on June 12th. It’s a real taste of northeastern Brazil with Alessandra Leão appearing on a number of tracks. You can currently listen to the album in full... Read Article
