After Jambú, Analog Africa’s recent compilation of indigenous music from northern Brazil, the grande dame of the region has joined the “party, party, party of our popular culture”. Hailing from the ‘Caribbean port’ of Belém, near where the... Read Article
Dona Onete’s latest video “Festa do Tubarão” (Shark Party), promises a rebujo in the music of Pará, a state in the Brazilian Amazon. Rebujo is slang to describe the currents that bring up nutrients from the river bottom.... Read Article
The Walthamstow Garden Party always try and have a strong contingent of Latin American artists in their line-up and this year is no different with Colombia’s Cero39 and Brazil’s Dona Onete both featuring in the programme. This year’s... 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
Dona Onete may be 77 years old (and she’ll actually be 78 in a couple of weeks!) but she’s showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, age is only making her more vivacious, as anyone who has... Read Article
It’s always exciting when a new venue announces itself on us and that is certainly the case with Nell’s Jazz and Blues Club. Though the venue itself has been around for a number of years they have recently... Read Article
The first time I listened to the music of Dona Onete was in a bar in Alter do Chão, a small beach by the side of the Tapajós river in the state of Pará. A local singer was... Read Article
This summer London’s Horniman Museum & Gardens have planned an incredible line-up of Brazilian art, music, culture and festivities in what they are calling Festival of Brazil at the Horniman. From Sunday 4th July until the end of... Read Article
Following hot on the heels of our Best Albums of 2014 we present to you a playlist featuring some of our favourite tracks of the year. Many of these also feature in our Best Albums list but there... Read Article
We asked Movimientos’ Cal Jader – a man at the heart of London’s Latin American music scene – to pick out 10 of his favourite tracks of the year, and boy has he delivered. It’s a selection that... Read Article
To introduce her by saying that Dona Onete is a 73-year-old singer who has just released her début album, doesn’t quite do justice to an artist “entrapped” for decades in the body of a history professor and the... Read Article
We’ve got a great new mix today from Brazilian music DJ and researcher extraordinaire Boebis in which he delves into the pure roots styles of Pará in the North of Brazil. Here’s Boebis himself to give you the... Read Article
