On Sunday, we will host an intriguing musician at Hootananny. Rio de Janeiro-born but Lisbon-based singer/songwriter Marcos Aganjù has recently...
Niños du Brasil are a rare bird in the Italian music environment. Not only do they play a Brazilian-inspired bassy...
We can’t celebrate and encourage a project like Let Drum Beat enough, not simply because they are a full-female band...
In times when the Afro-Brazilian bond is vilified and almost censured, an album like Bixiga 70’s Quebra Cabeça is more...
Bixiga 70 (who are ready to take London by storm with a show at the Jazz Cafe tonight) have just released one of...
It was another triumphant weekend at Walthamstow Garden Party. Sunbathing in glorious weather and indulging in radiant notes played by brilliant...
Bahia, in northern Brazil, is known as being one of the largest hubs for Afro-Americans since the days of slavery....
Sociativa (Jarring Effects) is a punchy, electronic and beat-heavy rendition of older Brazilian pieces (mostly from North East Brazil) which have...
A frenzied audience were high on excitement as Tribalistas made their first London appearance at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith. Brimming...
I had the pleasure of meeting Afrocidade in September and accompanying them as part of their London tour, watching them...
We’re guilty of rarely venturing too far west in London, but when we do we always live our days up,...
It wasn’t the first time that we had experienced and enjoyed a Doña Onete gig, still, she blew us away....