
Getting To Know Places Through Music: An Interview with Ana Tijoux
For years Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux has forged a reputation as a fierce hip hop MC with a burning desire... Read Article
For years Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux has forged a reputation as a fierce hip hop MC with a burning desire... Read Article
The crunching chill of the post-Christmas winter months is always a testing time for Londoners. And what with a Trump... Read Article
Not many musicians manage to bridge the Brazilian musical origins of bossa, samba and choro with modern jazz, pop and... Read Article
Hamilton de Holanda is currently one of the most celebrated instrumentalists in Brazil, blending Brazilian choro, samba and jazz together... Read Article
Nas Vozes De Cartola is quite honestly a collector’s item. For a reason unknown to this critic, Cartola has not been... Read Article
When I spoke to Jorge Drexler last year about Bailar En La Cueva – his latest album and undoubtedly his... Read Article
“Gata, you’re going to have to earn your way up by playing the bars”. These are the words that greeted... Read Article
With World Cup playlists flying around left, right and centre I felt the urge to put together my own Brazilian... Read Article
A phrase from the walls of Paris in 1968 has come to be echoed in Brazil: “It is forbidden to... Read Article
Just a couple of weeks ago we asked our readers to choose what they think are the most influential Brazilian... Read Article
Every musical genre has its standard flagbearers: for jazz it’s Miles, Coltrane, Dizzy, Duke. Rock’s got Dylan, Hendrix, Lennon, just... Read Article
I never doubted Maria Rita’s talent, though I was always suspicious of her music. To start with, being Elis Regina’s... Read Article