Ivan “Mamão” Conti has followed many paths in Brazilian music. With his group Azymuth he conquered Brazil and the world with their incredible cutting-edge fusion of samba, bossa and jazz. It proves that Mamão has always been at the... Read Article
We’re really sad to hear that Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, the drumming powerhouse behind crazy samba pioneers Azymuth, has been struggling due to an injury sustained to his left hip, an injury which has meant he’s in huge amounts... Read Article
Ricardo Pereira is a musician and DJ from São Paulo. He plays in a couple of bands affiliated with the group Hurtmold, Guilherme Granado’s Bodes & Elefantes project and Mauricio Takara’s Assembléia Ritmica de Pinheiros, both incredible live... Read Article
One of our favourite releases of last year was Sessions Vol.I Antropofagia by Uruguayan group Metis. The EP’s five tracks plotted a course between hip-hop, jazz and Uruguay’s own candombe that worked on every level, in the process... Read Article
The main problem with Sessions Vol.I / Antropofagia is the fact that it’s only five tracks long. Which means there’s a lot right with it! This is the kind of music that you hoped would exist in Montevideo,... Read Article
A couple of weeks ago we announced that Red Hot + Rio 2, the new compilation from the Red Hot Organization featuring a variety of today’s artists covering tropicália classics, will feature the likes of Beck, Caetano Veloso,... Read Article
Tom Crookston’s Nossa Brazil blog is one of our favourite things on the web, offering valuable insight into modern Brazilian culture. He also compiled the Dirty Bossa Nova mixtape, one of the finest mixtapes ever to grace Sounds... Read Article
