Monsalve y Los Forajidos, headed up by Raúl Monsalve is a Venezuelan group who specialise in taking the African roots of American music from their country and elsewhere, and mixing them to create a soulful and funky afrobeat... Read Article
Lucas Santtana is Brazil’s answer to Damon Albarn, Beck or Sébastien Tellier, a multi-faceted musician and producer whose work constantly flows with new ideas and sounds while still staying true to himself. On recent albums Santtana has perfected... Read Article
A Useful Life is the second feature film from Uruguayan director Federico Veiroj. It tells the story of Jorge, a film critic whose life is thrown upside down when he loses his job. With a running length of... Read Article
Running in parallel with the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London, with its opening BAFTA night and screenings at Apollo Piccadilly (see the programme here), will be a further assortment of Brazilian flicks at the Southbank Centre. Largely... Read Article
Interesting article in The Guardian yesterday by Jude Kelly (one of the organisers of Festival Brazil that’s been happening at the Southbank Centre this summer) looking at how they have managed to deal with creating enthusiasm for art... Read Article
