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
Pernambuco is one of the musical epicentres of Brazil, full of infectious rhythms and traditions such as caboclinho, forró, candomblé and baião. Since the emergence of Mangue Bit in the early 90s this has been even more the... Read Article
In the second part of Sounding Out the Swamp: Recife, Pernambuco, and The Cultural Rise of Northeastern Brazil (read part one here) Gregory Scruggs looks at how manguebit affected the musical landscape of Northeastern Brazil, starting with the... Read Article
DJ 440 is one of Brazil’s most prominent DJs and an expert in music from the Northeast of Brazil, where he was raised – in Pernambuco to be more precise. That region of Brazil is a hot-bed of... Read Article
New mixtape celebrating some of the exciting new sounds coming out of South America. Features Chile’s electro-innovators El Sueño De La Casa Propia, Argentina’s quality indie-popsters Valentin y los Volcanes, great new voices from Brazil in the shape... Read Article
Deeply bound to the northeastern coastal cultures of Brazil is a stringed instrument known as the the rabeca. With the rise of Brazilian world music bands and pop groups in the 90s, the rabeca gained recognition and popularity... Read Article
Caçapa‘s debut album Elefantes Na Rua Nova will be released on June 12th. It’s a real taste of northeastern Brazil with Alessandra Leão appearing on a number of tracks. You can currently listen to the album in full... Read Article
