Since emerging from the São Paulo underground with his second album, Nó Na Orelha, Brazilian rapper and musician Criolo has become one of Brazil’s leading lights, both musically and socially. His constant need to express himself musically, whether... Read Article
Identifying as both female and male, openly queer and defying gender norms, Brazil’s LGBTQ artists have grown stronger than ever in 2019. The country’s drag queens are using the power of music, dance, the internet and an entourage... Read Article
The sound of Criolo appears to be in constant transformation. Starting off with the ‘gangsta rap’ of 2006’s Ainda Há Tempo (when he was still known as Criolo Doido, “crazy Criolo”, that was followed by excursions into MPB and afrobeat on Nó... Read Article
Following on from his Top 10 Tunes of 2017, Cal Jader has now sent us over part of his Best of 2017 mixtape. Featuring tracks from across Latin America as well as bands formed by Latin American migrants... Read Article
Tropical doyen Cal Jader (the main man at Movimientos) returns to the S&C site for another year with his selection of 10 Latin American tunes that have been keeping his DJ sets, radio shows and headphones alive over... Read Article
If you’ve been following Sounds and Colours since the start you’ll know that we started off by focusing on South American music. The reason for this was simple: we wanted to show that there was an incredible amount... Read Article
Espiral De Ilusão, the latest album from Criolo, was officially released internationally on December 1st. The album sees Criolo (who emerged out of Sao Paulo’s hip-hop community) working with a samba band for the first time, transposing his... Read Article
Only last week Criolo surprised us all by dropping a brand new single, “Menino Mimado”, which saw him stick to samba with lyrics that clearly critiqued the current government in Brazil. Well, now he has made available a... Read Article
Welcome to a brand new feature on the site, a regular playlist that will bring you some of the music we’ve been listening to here on the Sounds and Colours stereo. To start off we’ve got 20 tracks... Read Article
Criolo loves sneaking his new releases out into the public realm, and especially to make them available for free. It’s something that he’s done ever since distributing music in that way became a possibility, and it’s what he’s done... Read Article
Having been the man behind Far Out Recordings’ great compilation of new Brazilian music last year – entitled Amplificador Novissima Musica Brasileira – and the recently-released Novissima Musica Brasileira on Sony Music Brasil, Marcelo Monteiro is clearly on... Read Article
It was late 2015 when the first calls for Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff to be impeached were received, principally arguing that the president had been fiscally irresponsible, as well as other charges, some related to the Operation Car... Read Article
