The Brazilian rap heavyweight returns with an ambitious new album, AmarElo. With its title inspired by a Paulo Leminski poem: Amar é um elo / entre o azul / e o amarelo (Loving is a […]

A transatlantic collaboration between Brazil and Cape Verde recorded in Lisbon. The two young producers, Paulo and Matheus, are known for their sophisticated and progressive work mixing Los Angeles beat music, trap and baile funk. […]

Rio de Janeiro’s native Flavia Coelho returns with the music video of “DNA”. After her 2016’s third and brilliant album Sonho Real, the nomad singer now living in Paris announces the coming of her new album DNA for the 18th of […]

Karol Conka is nothing short of a phenomenon. A young Curitiba-born woman, which is not exactly one of Brazil’s megalopolises where hip-hop originates from. Yet, her talent, energy and freedom of expression have turned her […]

At 42 years old, this child of the favelas of São Paulo’s Zona Sul, has somehow always known how to combine music and social engagement. His most recent record, Espiral de Ilusão (2018), makes this […]

The pioneer of Rio de Janeiro’s rap scene is now over 50 years old. Internationally-acclaimed Marcelo D2 however is still not tired of exploring Brazil’s rich musical heritage. His latest album, Samba Drive, draws inspiration […]

At 91 years, the transgressive diva of Brazilian popular music died at home in Rio. Born on the “planet of hunger”, queen of the “bossa negra”, she lived several lives, the last of which – that of the “woman of the end of the world”, had begun in 2015. Two years later, she gave an interview to PAM.

Back in 1988, when post-punk and no-wave already had their acme time in the US and Europe, some Brazilian musicians archly revelled in the genre, not without great provocation.