Nação Zumbi originated in the early 90s, climbing like a ‘crab with brains’ from the fertile mud of the delta on which the north-eastern Brazilian city of Recife grew. Back in the 90s Recife was struggling, suffering under... Read Article
This is the kind of news that gets us excited. Dengue from Nação Zumbi has teamed up with Fernando Catatau and Yuri Kalil of Cidadão Instigado, as well as Ilhan Ersahin, best known as a Swedish/Turkish jazz improv specialist... Read Article
One of the most respected bands in Brazil, Nação Zumbi took seven years to release their new studio album. The eponymously-titled record follows Fome de Tudo (2007) and the live CD/DVD Ao Vivo no Recife (2012), and was... Read Article
Nordeste Oculto is the fifth album from Paraíba’s Cabruêra, and forms part of a special release mapping the North-East of Brazil which also includes texts written by musician/poet Alberto Marsicano and a book of band member Arthur Pessoa’s... Read Article
The second day at Rock In Rio had a pretty ropey bunch of headliners, Snow Patrol and Red Hot Chili Peppers anyone?, but some killer combos on the Palco Sunset stage. Mike Patton was the last man on... 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
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.
This year Lucas Santtana‘s Sem Nostalgia was released in the UK and other parts of the world. It’s his fourth album and continues a legacy of post-modern music that began with 2000’s Eletro Ben Dodô. When that album... Read Article
In 1992, in the Bar de Dona Edna, in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, the musician and cultural agitator Francisco de Assis França announced to his friends, “I mixed a hip-hop beat with a maracatu groove and it turned out... Read Article
June has been dedicated mixtape month on Sounds and Colours. In collaboration with JungleDrums we’re going to be bringing you mixes of new music from Latin America every Wednesday throughout the month. We begin with PG Presents New... Read Article
One of the most acclaimed Brazilian artists these days – when CNN said Brazilians were the coolest people in the world, they chose him as it’s icon – Seu Jorge was already well known in Brazil when he... Read Article
