Mangue Bit
Musica da Massa! New Sounds of Pernambuco
Pernambuco is one of the musical epicentres of Brazil, full of infectious rhythms and traditions such as caboclinho, forró, candomblé... Read Article
Sounding Out the Swamp: Recife, Pernambuco, and The Cultural Rise of Northeastern Brazil (Part One)
Part one of a two-part series by Gregory Scruggs exploring the emergence of Pernambuco as one of the musical epicentres of Brazil. The first part looks at the history of Pernambuco and the beginnings of a musical revolution in the state, brought on by Chico Science and the Manguebit movement.
The Rebirth of the Rabeca Fiddle of Brazil
Deeply bound to the northeastern coastal cultures of Brazil is a stringed instrument known as the the rabeca. With the... Read Article
In a Nutshell: Mangue Beat
In 1992, in the Bar de Dona Edna, in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, the musician and cultural agitator Francisco de Assis... Read Article