Lisbon’s coolness has many seeds, one of them undoubtedly germinated out of the fertile music soil of the city. Lisbon sounds West African, European and Mediterranean at the same time, and there are musicians who are more artful in embodying the brew than others. Dino D’Santiago is not simply good...
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On Sunday, we will host an intriguing musician at Hootananny. Rio de Janeiro-born but Lisbon-based singer/songwriter Marcos Aganjù has recently released his first full-length solo album titled Plantation Sons, which is an in-depth musical excavation into the African diaspora. In Marcos’ compositions, the Atlantic crossing becomes a route of notes...
Brazil, Haiti and Western Africa; these are the three founding elements of Marcos Aganju’s music; elements that the Lisbon-based Brazilian guitarist and technology researcher mixes, hybridises and allows to grow together with electronica and hip-hop to create a cultural and rhythmic crossing through the Atlantic Ocean. You can join him...
Not your usual Friday night… On 4th October, head for The Post Bar in Tottenham for a night of “love and war” messages. Brazilian singer/songwriter and guitarist Marcos Aganju, visual artist and educator Dally Schwarz, and London-based DJ collective Bombotropics will feed you with food for your thoughts and sounds for your...
Have a ball to the new Lisbon sound! On 6th September, the Jazz Café will move to the shores of the river Tejo and the Atlantic Ocean to pay tribute to the most exciting label born and bred in the Portuguese capital, Principe Discos. To do so, they have invited...
Here’s a brand new episode of our Rhythm Passport On Air podcast in collaboration with SOAS Radio. This month, we reached Pedro Coquenão, also known as Batida, by phone in Lisbon, and we had an intense and interesting chat about several topics. From his recent participation in Africa Express: The...
Love Carnival’s events have had us dancing to Latin music in every scent and aroma, but for the October episode of the grooviest music series in London, the coordinates on the Movimientos crew’s musical GPS will bring us to Uganda and Angola (via Portugal). On 12th October, Peckham and CLF...
In a few days’ time, Nova Batida will bring some musical brutishness to Lisbon. The first edition of the festival, organized by Soundcrash, will indeed keep the stages at LX Factory and Village Underground Lisboa busy throughout the weekend, with almost 50 local and UK-based acts dealing with every sort of beat...
Lisbon has a new summer festival exploding onto its already happening music and creative scene, adding to the vibrant and unique energy that the city of seven hills and stunning views already has. The team from Soundcrash are bringing a multitude of global talent for a weekend of good music...
Music and food have always been a tasty pairing, which sadly features on TV screens only on rare occasions. One of the few ‘enlightened’ TV hosts (next to brilliant chef, music lover, writer, cultural observer and a half a dozen other things) who delved into and narrated the link between...
