Various Artists – Brasil Calling Volume 22 (2025) Brasil Calling Volume 22 highlights 15 tracks that weave Brazil’s regional traditions with contemporary collaborations across continents.…
View More Brazil Meets The World In Brasil Calling Volume 22Tag: Brazilian music
Squeezeboxes Across Borders: The Accordion and Its Diaspora
(headline image: Making The Accordion Great Again: Liberty Bellows exhibition – Photo by Angel Romero) Few instruments move as fluidly through working-class dance halls, classical…
View More Squeezeboxes Across Borders: The Accordion and Its DiasporaDual South American Sizzle
Should you be in need of a pulsating, exhilarating mix of Brazilian forró and Colombian cumbia, “Anunciaçǎo” by the USA’s big beet will handily satisfy…
View More Dual South American SizzleLucas Santtana & Gilberto Gil Chart Brazil’s Language In New Duet
Bahian artists Lucas Santtana and Gilberto Gil release “A História da Nossa Língua,” a collaboration celebrating the richness and complexity of Brazilian Portuguese. The lyrics…
View More Lucas Santtana & Gilberto Gil Chart Brazil’s Language In New DuetAll That Brazilian Jazz
Rio de Janeiro-born pianist Antonio Adolfo never misses that perfect meeting point between jazz and Brazilian roots with “Vai Passar,” his take on a tune…
View More All That Brazilian JazzFurmigaDub, ZEBB & Mestra Penha Unveil “Reis Caninana” — Northeast Brazil Tradition Meets Modern Studio Spark
Kaxambu Records has released “Reis Caninana,” a collaborative single from FurmigaDub, ZEBB, and Mestra Penha that connects Northeastern Brazilian traditions with contemporary production for world…
View More FurmigaDub, ZEBB & Mestra Penha Unveil “Reis Caninana” — Northeast Brazil Tradition Meets Modern Studio SparkMondo Chôro Live, Loud, And Local
Mondo Chôro – Forjando O Caminho (self-release, 2025) The first live album from the Spanish/Brazilian/Chilean/German quartet Mondo Chôro, Forjando O Caminho (Forging the Path), lands…
View More Mondo Chôro Live, Loud, And Local‘Voar’ Carries Munir Hossn To 2025 Unsigned Only World Music Win
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Munir Hossn won the 2025 Unsigned Only competition’s Global Music (world music) category with his song “Voar.” Hossn, who grew up in Bahia…
View More ‘Voar’ Carries Munir Hossn To 2025 Unsigned Only World Music WinDance and Learn
Combining Colombian and Brazilian inflections with a broader Latin feel, “Que Nada” by La Capi is supreme dance music that also contains a lyrical lesson…
View More Dance and LearnHermeto Pascoal, Legendary Brazilian Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist, Dies at 89
(headline image: Hermeto Pascoal – Photo by Gabriel Quintao) Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal died on September 13, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…
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