Only one day left to support and help to make possible a remarkable project entirely dedicated to the carioca music scene from which ‘Moços’ by Ovo ou Bicho is extracted. You have indeed until tomorrow to back Sounds and Colours’ campaign to press on vinyl Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds...
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Seattle-based musician Another Magic (Thomas Arndt) recently released his new single ‘Coco da Purpurina’ featuring carioca vocalist Ana Bispo. “Mixing Northeastern Brazilian “côco” percussion with heavy bass, Another Magic draws on their time living in Brazil, calling upon the powerful Carnaval and samba vocalist Ana Bispo from Rio de...
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...
If you want to relate with and understand the present state of a country, listen to its hip-hop music. That’s increasingly becoming a rule in the current cultural scenario. MCs have indeed become intrinsic to the social fabric of their communities. They sing about them, fight for them and are...
During the last year, hip-hop has become one of the most attractive Brazilian musical exports, and Marcelo D2 one of its most emphatic representatives. So, it’s a pleasure to welcome him back to London, writing about his upcoming show at The Jazz Café, which will also be the UK album...
It’s not that you need a particular pretext to write about David Bowie and his legacy, but if you have a really good one, that makes things easier. As you might know, in 2004, some hits of the “Thin White Duke” had a full and pretty successful Afro-Brazilian treatment, ending...
Zeca Pagodinho is an established samba performer with over 30 years’ experience, who cut his tooth playing in rodas de samba and writing music for G.R.E.S. Portela, one of the oldest and most well-known samba schools in Rio de Janeiro. Fifteen albums later, in the styles of samba and MPB, and...
Gabriel Contino has never been an ordinary musician. Since 1992, when he first wore the cape of Gabriel O Pensador, he became one of the most outspoken and influential MCs on the Brazilian hip-hop scene. He never spared a rhyme, fighting life’s injustices hard every day as well as bashing...
A Brazilian institution, that’s how Marcelo D2 can legitimately be considered. The MC from Rio de Janeiro has spent the last 20 years of his career creating and developing his own unique blend bringing together the flavourful and mellow samba rhythms with realistic storytelling of Rio’s everyday life. His London...
They don’t visit London and the UK very often (the last time it happened was for the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony), but when they do, they always give an electrifying and memorable experience to their audience. It happened again just a few days ago when Bernando Santos (better known as...
