5 Signs Brazilian Funk Is Verging on Global Breakthrough
As music markets “glocalise”, the stars could align for Brazilian funk. As of 2023, at least five things show that they might be.
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São Paulo-based Bixiga 70 Creates Their Grandest Music Yet with ‘Quebra Cabeça’
The Afro-Brazilian instrumentals of Bixiga 70 are bolder and brassier than ever on Quebra Cabeça.
Stu Mindeman Creates Latin American Influenced Jazz on “Sin Sentido” Featuring Ana Tijoux (premiere)
"Sin Sentido" captures pianist Stu Mindeman and rapper Ana Tijoux in a perfect moment of quiet, brilliant jazz.
Novalima’s ‘Ch’usay’ Is a Marvelous Layering of Many Eras of Peruvian Sounds
Novalima shapes old Andean traditions into a dance-ready present on fully-formed Ch'usay.