Mangue Bit

By Russ Slater 09 November, 2012

Feiticeiro Julião are one of the more interesting new bands to come out of Recife. With outlandish clothing, energetic stage... Read Article

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 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 Eloisa Aquino 14 June, 2011

In 1992, in the Bar de Dona Edna, in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, the musician and cultural agitator Francisco de Assis... Read Article

By Russ Slater 26 May, 2011

This June three bands from Brazil’s sunshine state of Pernambuco will be coming to London as part of the Blaze... Read Article