Think of psychedelic funk, put in some soul and place it in early 70s Brazil. That is exactly what awaits you from The Brasileiro Treasure Box of Funk and Soul. Released by Boston-based label Cultures of Soul, the... Read Article
At the height of the hippie counterculture years (1963-75) funk, soul and jazz carried rhythms of love, peace and unity across borders. In the United States discos, drugs and cocktails produced a recipe that injected life into the... Read Article
Out of all the Brazilian artists who came to the fore in the late 60s/early 70s Tim Maia was the one that embodied the rock ‘n’ roll spirit the most. His favourite cocktail was cocaine, cannabis and whiskey,... Read Article
Saravah Soul began when Otto Nascarella moved from his native Brazil to London in the hope of finding a place for his mix of Brazilian soul and funk. Everything since then has moved rather fast. The band formed,... Read Article
The way opening track “Errare Humanum Est” begins with a fierce guitar line winding its way around an even more ferocious bass and drum rhythm instantly made me check what I was listening to – was this the... Read Article
