“Poetry, music and painting can’t save the world. But they can save a moment.” These were the words of the Portuguese poet Matilde Campilho, whose collection Joquei was the best-selling book at this year’s Paraty International Literary Festival,... Read Article
In the 3rd volume of his Brasil Lado B series, DJ MBgroove brings us, as usual, the freshiest music being made in Brazil, featuring artists such as Mundo Livre S.A., Beto Villares, Céu, RAPadura, Rodrigo Campos and Gal... Read Article
The time has come again to choose our favourite albums of the year. It’s a task that’s never easy, especially after the bumper year we’ve had, with great music coming from all over South America, reflected in the... Read Article
Normally we would try and write a seperate post for all of these new releases, but frankly new Brazilian music is coming at us too thick and fast to waste too much time. So, we’ve lumped all of... Read Article
One of the problems we had with our recent compilation Musica da Massa! New Sounds of Pernambuco, which brought together music made in Pernambuco in 2010 and 2011, was that these restrictions meant we couldn’t include one of... Read Article
The choice of “Carapalavra” as first track on Longe de Onde instantly marks this out as a different album to Karina Buhr‘s debut Eu Mentí Pra Voce. The screeching guitars and twisted wordplay of this opening song signal... Read Article
We’ve made no secret of our love for Karina Buhr. Her debut album Eu Mentí Pra Voce was our second favourite album of 2010, which is why we are so excited about the release of her new album... Read Article
The second day at Rock In Rio had a pretty ropey bunch of headliners, Snow Patrol and Red Hot Chili Peppers anyone?, but some killer combos on the Palco Sunset stage. Mike Patton was the last man on... Read Article
We’ve been a bit slack in posting this video, and I must apologise. We watched it when it was first streaming but didn’t realise it was now on Youtube. Our sincerest apologies because this is a video you... Read Article
Like many new Brazilian artists I first encountered the music of Lucas Santtana on Mais Um Disco‘s excellent Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! album from last year. Santtana’s “Hold Me In” featured on that album and was instantly... Read Article
The first Karina Buhr album, Eu Mentí Pra Voce was one of our favourite albums of 2010. It’s no wonder then that we are very excited to hear that a new album will be released this October.
This is the day we’ve been waiting for, the day in which we finally release our compilation showcasing some of the best sounds coming from Sao Paulo. Nossa, Cara! New Sounds of São Paulo is a labour of... Read Article
