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Gilberto Gil

By Russ Slater 14 December, 2016

It’s always with immense pleasure that we publish any mixtape from Epic Vinyls From Brazil, and this latest is no... Read Article

By Ana Young 25 November, 2016

It’s been 10 years since Zeca Pagodinho last played a show in London, but on the 29th November he returns... Read Article

By Adolf Alzuphar 18 March, 2016

Nas Vozes De Cartola is quite honestly a collector’s item. For a reason unknown to this critic, Cartola has not been... Read Article

By Russ Slater 28 January, 2016

When I spoke to Jorge Drexler last year about Bailar En La Cueva – his latest album and undoubtedly his... Read Article

By Sam Katterfield 11 June, 2015

“Gata, you’re going to have to earn your way up by playing the bars”. These are the words that greeted... Read Article

By Rachel Hayter 21 April, 2015

We are huge fans of Lucas Santtana, a Brazilian artist who has now firmly established himself on the international music... Read Article

By Russ Slater 02 April, 2015

Back in 2013 when we were putting together our book about Brazil – see Sounds and Colours Brazil – the... Read Article

By Russ Slater 01 April, 2015

Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil have just announced a joint show to be held at London’s Eventim Apollo... Read Article

By Ryan Schumacher 10 December, 2014

Russo Passapusso’s debut solo release, Paraíso da Miragem, marks the arrival of a major talent. The album occasionally recalls the... Read Article

By Russ Slater 02 December, 2014

Moreno Veloso is back in the limelight. 13 years after Music Typewriter, the album that set the tone for a... Read Article

By Russ Slater 25 May, 2014

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