Following on from the huge critical success of A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo (The Woman At The End Of The World), Elza Soares returns with a follow-up album of sorts. Deus é Mulher (Translating as “God Is... Read Article
The spring and start of summer are a fruitful time for new music releases, which may explain why we’ve been inundated with new music. As usual, the quality has been high and the choices as eclectic as always.... Read Article
For a different taste of Brazilian carnival you can’t do better than A Espetacular Charanga do França, a bloco set-up by Thiago França in 2013 who had an idea for renovating the typical charangas brasileiras (i.e. brass bands).... Read Article
dElza Soares‘ most recent album The Woman at the End of the World (A Mulher do Fim do Mundo) has undoubtedly been one of our favourite albums of the past couple of years (and has been one of the... Read Article
There is nothing surprising about the way that Elza Soares‘ latest album begins. Soares is one of Brazil’s most revered singers, loved for her highly-emotive delivery. Her sincere, raw, guttural voice has always distinguished her from the pack, but as she... Read Article
It is almost impossible to keep up with all the new music that gets released in Brazil every year, so prolific is the country’s output, with a constantly exciting and innovative independent music scene that seems to be... Read Article
The name Passo Torto (which can be translated as ‘bent step’) is more than just a moniker, it is also a declaration of intent that embodies and even emphasises the mission of this Brazilian ensemble. It signals to... Read Article
Luiz Gabriel Lopes is the guitarist and lead singer of Graveola and TiãoDuá, two of Brazil’s most exciting bands and cornerstones of the music scene in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which is where Luiz currently lives. He has picked... Read Article
Up until the last three years, fans of MPB in and outside Brazil may not have necessarily recognized Guilherme Amabis’ full name, but they had, undeniably, heard his music before. He’s worked on soundtracks for Hollywood blockbusters like... Read Article
I’d been planning on writing a review of Passo Torto‘s second album ever since it came out in May this year. It’s an album I keep coming back to, that keeps surprising me. It has an immediacy that... Read Article
Passo Torto can only really be disguised as a supergroup, one that collects together four of the most intriguing artists working in Brazil at the moment, artists that you could describe as existing somewhere between the worlds of... Read Article
Amabis‘ Memórias Luso/Africanas comes across like a Brazilian Portishead, featuring three of Brazil’s most distinguished vocalists in the shape of Céu, Criolo and Tulipa, atop dense instrumental backing.
