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S&C New Latin Music Playlist #2

By Russ Slater 16 May, 2017

The spring and start of summer are a fruitful time for new music releases, which may explain why we’ve been... Read Article

A Espetacular Charanga do França Offer Up Brazilian Carnival Music With A Twist

By Russ Slater 24 February, 2017

For a different taste of Brazilian carnival you can’t do better than A Espetacular Charanga do França, a bloco set-up... Read Article

Metá-Metá’s Kiko Dinucci Releases First Solo Album, ‘Cortes Curtos’; Available As Free Download

By Russ Slater 08 February, 2017

Remarkably Kiko Dinucci has never released a solo album before. My surprise comes from the fact that I feel I... Read Article

9 Brazilian Songs From 2014 That Will Grab Your Attention

By Luiz Gabriel Lopes 31 December, 2014

Luiz Gabriel Lopes is the guitarist and lead singer of Graveola and TiãoDuá, two of Brazil’s most exciting bands and... Read Article

Cal Jader’s Best Tracks of 2014

By Russ Slater 17 December, 2014

We asked Movimientos’ Cal Jader – a man at the heart of London’s Latin American music scene – to pick... Read Article

MIXTAPE Metá-Metá Mixtape

By Russ Slater 21 November, 2014

Brazil’s Metá-Metá bring together influences as diverse as afro-samba, punk, free-form jazz, candomblé and afrobeat to create visceral, experimental and... Read Article

Metá-Metá European Tour in November and December

By Russ Slater 19 November, 2014

We really can’t wait for this. One of our favourite bands, Metá-Metá, a glorious group that somehow find a middle... Read Article

REVIEW Alessandra Leão – Pedra de Sal

By Russ Slater 10 November, 2014

It’s been a while since Alessandra Leão‘s last release, the intoxicating album Dois Cordões in 2009 which summed up a... Read Article

REVIEW Metá Metá – Metal Metal

By Marco Canepari 07 July, 2014

One side of Brazil is sunny, party-loving and happy-go-lucky. Then there’s the other face of the coin. A face which has recently... Read Article