For his latest album, Apoio Marginal, Brazilian musician Juvenil Silva had the idea of creating each song with a new set of collaborators. Juvenil would turn up with a song, play guitar and sing vocals, and another set... Read Article
After working together for a track on their last album Alexandre, Pernambuco group Mombojó have once again teamed up with French singer Laetitia Sadier – best known as the lead vocalist for Stereolab – for what will be... Read Article
A new album is on the way from the man from Caruaru. It’s been seven years since Junio Barreto released his self-titled debut album. He’s been a busy man in the meantime, composing for films and TV and... 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
Third video of Mombojó’s to be directed by Fernando Sanches. “Antimonotonia” was one of our favourite songs off their album Amigo do Tempo last year, an album which we voted as one of our favourite of 2011.
Sounds and Colours has just published our favourite albums of 2010 which you can find in two parts (ONE and TWO), however we wanted to published a few lists from some of our favourite sites, hopefully picking up... Read Article
Our end-of-year coverage starts here with the first half of our favourite albums of 2010. Unlike the normal lists of Best Latin American albums of the year (which are mainly a selection of songs from Cuba and Mexico,... Read Article
My oh my, this wasn’t easy! So many great videos to list in 2010. I hope we have listed all the major ones, but I have a feeling in a day or two a few are going to... Read Article
Check out this glorious video of “Papapa” from the Recife-dwelling pop band Mombojó:
A two-disc set looking at Brazil’s underground music scene, Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! (Hey! The New Brazilian Music!), shows how wide Brazilian artists are willing to spread their net for influences. Whereas the popular music in Brazil... Read Article
