Brazilian music really does make a mockery of the label “diversity”. Many countries and artists may lay claim to having diverse influences, but nothing ever seems quite as varied and exciting as it does in Brazil. And this... Read Article
“¡Ay, qué manera de caer hacia arriba y de ser sempiterna, esta mujer!” (“Oh, the way this woman has of falling upwards and being eternal!”) These are the opening lines to Pablo Neruda’s poem “Una Elegia para Cantar” (An... Read Article
It’s always with immense pleasure that we publish any mixtape from Epic Vinyls From Brazil, and this latest is no different. Filled with incendiary Brazilian psych, funk and soul from the 60s and 70s this is the epitome... Read Article
With legendary Brazilian musician João Donato soon to be making a rare appearance in London we wanted to find somebody who could shine a little light on the great man’s music. Kassin was the obvious choice. Not only... Read Article
This 100% vinyl mix salute to Brazilian great Jorge Ben has been put together by Epic Vinyls From Brazil in anticipation of their upcoming trip to Brazil. The mix is an incredible selections of songs written by groove-master... Read Article
Formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1968, Os Brazões started life playing support for Gal Costa and Tom Zé before RGE Records gave them the chance to record this album. And what an album it is. Something of... Read Article
A few weeks ago we posted the first part of our interview with Criolo, a Brazilian rapper and singer whose music transcends boundaries, classes and language barriers. After releasing his second album Nó Na Orelha in 2011 Criolo... Read Article
Here we present our first ever mix from Epic Vinyls from Brazil aka DJ Contracapa, a Danish musicologist and huge Brazilian music fanatic. This mix seeks to show the deep connection with Africa that exists in Brazilian music,... Read Article
It’s not every day that a new collection of interviews about some of Brazil’s most celebrated musicians becomes available to the public. In The Brazilian Music Book: Brazil’s Singers, Songwriters and Musicians Tell the Story of Bossa Nova,... Read Article
A couple of years ago we interviewed Marcelo Machado and Paula Cosenza in London. Respectively they are the director and producer of Tropicália, a new documentary about this particular movement in Brazilian music which is finally set to... Read Article
Ricardo Pereira is a musician and DJ from São Paulo. He plays in a couple of bands affiliated with the group Hurtmold, Guilherme Granado’s Bodes & Elefantes project and Mauricio Takara’s Assembléia Ritmica de Pinheiros, both incredible live... Read Article
When she plays live, the veteran Brazilian singer Gal Costa usually reflects her Tropicália legacy, with a smooth band to complement her classically spumy delivery. Her latest recording presents a radically different view. The equally veteran Caetano Veloso... Read Article
