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…
Artist Profiles: Letieres Leite, A Champion Of Bahian Music
Tag: Afro-Brazilian
Artist 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…
Mirla 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…
Artist 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…
Mestre 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…
Lumumba 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…
Sublime 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…
New 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…
Grupo Paranapanema at Malungo Festival
Grupo Paranapanema is one acts that was featured at the virtual Malungo Festival. Grupo Paranapanema presented its show “Segura nessa pisada.” The Paranapanema group brings…
Henrique Araújo at Malungo Festival
Henrique Araújo presented the O Choro Negro at Malungo Festival. Henrique Araújo is a masterful multi-instrumentalist, educator and composer, highly skilled at playing cavaquinho and…