By now, you’d already know that we don’t like charts, ranks or hierarchies. So, of course, we have compiled a list of our favourite albums of the year (next to songs and videos), but more than a ranking, we prefer to call our choices a “music guide to 2018”. To...
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In times when the Afro-Brazilian bond is vilified and almost censured, an album like Bixiga 70’s Quebra Cabeça is more necessary than ever. The fifth release of the big band (the third for Glitterbeat Records) from São Paulo indeed proudly reaffirms the Atlantic connection; that historical, cultural and social link...
This is a show you wouldn’t want to miss! After five albums and eight years on the worldbeat scene, Bixiga 70 are still one of the most original bands around, and Quebra Cabeça, their latest fresh-off-the-press album released on Glitterbeat, is clear proof. The band from São Paulo hasn’t changed its...