Bixiga 70 (who are ready to take London by storm with a show at the Jazz Cafe tonight) have just released one of...
In times when the Afro-Brazilian bond is vilified and almost censured, an album like Bixiga 70’s Quebra Cabeça is more...
We can’t celebrate and encourage a project like Let Drum Beat enough, not simply because they are a full-female band...
Niños du Brasil are a rare bird in the Italian music environment. Not only do they play a Brazilian-inspired bassy...
On Sunday, we will host an intriguing musician at Hootananny. Rio de Janeiro-born but Lisbon-based singer/songwriter Marcos Aganjù has recently...
A quartet that has since swollen into a decet from their beginnings in 2012, Brazilian band Nomade Orquestra musicians pride...
I had the pleasure of meeting Afrocidade in September and accompanying them as part of their London tour, watching them...
A frenzied audience were high on excitement as Tribalistas made their first London appearance at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith. Brimming...
Sociativa (Jarring Effects) is a punchy, electronic and beat-heavy rendition of older Brazilian pieces (mostly from North East Brazil) which have...
Bahia, in northern Brazil, is known as being one of the largest hubs for Afro-Americans since the days of slavery....
Macumbadaboa, the collaborative release from the afoxe collective Grupo Bongar and music producer DJ Maga Bo is a rootsy and...
Let Drum Beat’s debut album – Lua Cheia – was recorded in the Navegas Cantareira Studio housed within a tropical...