Northeastern Brazil

Northeastern Brazil Singer and Rabeca Player Renata Rosa to Tour UK in July and August

By Russ Slater 13 June, 2018

Over the past 20 years Renata Rosa has been refining her craft. Born in São Paulo, but to parents from... Read Article

REVIEW Camarão – The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie 1964-1974

By Frank Kinsey 27 March, 2018

His friends used to say, “His accordion speaks for him”. However, the most notable contribution to the genre of forró... Read Article

Sounding Out the Swamp: Recife, Pernambuco, and The Cultural Rise of Northeastern Brazil (Part Two)

By Gregory Scruggs 19 September, 2011

In the second part of Sounding Out the Swamp: Recife, Pernambuco, and The Cultural Rise of Northeastern Brazil (read part... Read Article

Sounding Out the Swamp: Recife, Pernambuco, and The Cultural Rise of Northeastern Brazil (Part One)

By Gregory Scruggs 12 September, 2011

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.