Wilson das Neves – Senzala e Favela (FundiSom, 2023) The superb album Senzala e Favela is a project that began six years ago under the…
View More Wilson Das Neves’ Musical Legacy Lives on with Powerful Album “Senzala e Favela”Tag: Afro-Brazilian
Groundbreaking Afro-Brazilian Album by Letieres Leite and Orkestra Rumpilezz To be Reissued on Vinyl
Letieres Leite’s groundbreaking Afro-Brazilian jazz album, “Moacir De Todos Os Santos,” featuring Caetano Veloso and the 22-piece Orkestra Rumpilezz will be available on vinyl. The…
View More Groundbreaking Afro-Brazilian Album by Letieres Leite and Orkestra Rumpilezz To be Reissued on VinylArtist Profiles: Letieres Leite, A Champion Of Bahian Music
Letieres Leite, a skilled composer, saxophonist, flutist, and educator, was born in Bahia, Brazil on December 8, 1959. While attending the Federal University in Bahia…
View More Artist Profiles: Letieres Leite, A Champion Of Bahian MusicArtist Profiles: Dendê
Dendê is a Brazilian percussionist, singer, composer, bandleader, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist. He grew up in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, raised by a single mother in…
View More Artist Profiles: DendêMirla Riomar’s Afro-Brazilian Journey
Mirla Riomar – Afrobrasileira (Mirla Riomar, 2022) Mirla Riomar, a Brazilian vocalist currently living in Spain, has released ‘Afrobrasileira’, an album that intertwines the rhythms…
View More Mirla Riomar’s Afro-Brazilian JourneyArtist Profiles: Mirla Riomar
Singer-songwriter, percussionist and dancer Mirla Riomar was born in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil). She grew up in a community characterized by ancestral African traditions. She…
View More Artist Profiles: Mirla RiomarMestre Kenura Presents the Traditions of Capoeira at Mestre dos Saberes Festival
Mestre Kenura presented the music of Brazil’s state of Bahia in December 2021 at the Mestre dos Saberes festival, an event showcasing Brazilian traditional music…
View More Mestre Kenura Presents the Traditions of Capoeira at Mestre dos Saberes FestivalLumumba presents Afro-Brazilian rhythms at Mestre dos Saberes Festival
Benedito Luiz Amauro uses the artistic name of Lumumba in homage to the liberator of Zaire, Patricio Lumumba. The Brazilian artist Lumumba performed a concert…
View More Lumumba presents Afro-Brazilian rhythms at Mestre dos Saberes FestivalSublime Afro-Brazilian Orchestra
Orquestra Afrosinfônica – Orin, a língua dos anjos (Máquina de Louco, 2020) Orin, a língua dos anjos is the second álbum from a remarkable Brazilian…
View More Sublime Afro-Brazilian OrchestraNew song “Baticum de Bará” from Luana Bayô
Brazilian vocalist, composer and educator Luana Bayô has released a new song titled “Baticum de Bará” composed by sonmgwriter and historian Luiz Antônio Simas. Luana…
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