The music label Kafundó Records, of which I, Wolfram Lange aka SoundGoods, was a member, was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 2014 to release new, innovative music from the current Brazilian music scene that was inspired by, built on, and celebrated centuries-old...
The singer, percussionist and composer Alessandra Leão from Pernambuco state living in São Paulo dives deep into Afro-brazilian religiosity in her new album “Macumbas e Catimbós”. “It is a gift that I offer to the Orixás, guides and entities that work, dance, sing,...
Peji took five years to complete and reflects the diversity of the musical universe researched by Gilú Amaral, founding member of Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda. With its roots in the city of Olinda and influenced by the sounds of Candomblé and the rhythms of...
The new Afro-Brazilian Band Höröya from São Paulo wants to re-frame the origins and influences of African and Afro-Brazilian cultures in a new format. Made up of Brazilians, Senegalese and Guineans they reinforce the cultural dialogue between Brazil and the African...
Rafa Dias who is one of the main heads of the Bass scene in Salvador, capital of Bahia State in Brazil. He comes here up with very interesting tracks he produced with samples from Bahias music master Dorival Caymmi. Brazilian old school music meets Trap, Funk Carioca...
Goma-Laca is a kind of research center dedicated to discover Brazilian music from the first half of the last century that is registered in 78 RPM shellac records (goma laca in Portuguese). Since 2009 the journalists Ronaldo Evangelista and Biancamaria Binazzi look for...