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By Russ Slater 19 September, 2011

Pernambuco is one of the musical epicentres of Brazil, full of infectious rhythms and traditions such as caboclinho, forró, candomblé... Read Article

By Gregory Scruggs 19 September, 2011

In the second part of Sounding Out the Swamp: Recife, Pernambuco, and The Cultural Rise of Northeastern Brazil (read part... Read Article

By Russ Slater 12 August, 2011

DJ 440 is one of Brazil’s most prominent DJs and an expert in music from the Northeast of Brazil, where... Read Article

By Russ Slater 05 August, 2011

New mixtape celebrating some of the exciting new sounds coming out of South America. Features Chile’s electro-innovators El Sueño De... Read Article

By Amy Cunningham 20 June, 2011

Deeply bound to the northeastern coastal cultures of Brazil is a stringed instrument known as the the rabeca. With the... Read Article

By Russ Slater 11 June, 2011

Caçapa‘s debut album Elefantes Na Rua Nova will be released on June 12th. It’s a real taste of northeastern Brazil... Read Article