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1 day agoSamba Jean-Baptiste: +3
Samba Jean-Baptiste's album +3 blends avant-rap and R&B with experimental elements, showcasing a refined approach to song structure and emotional depth.
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fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
11 hours agoHuu Bac Quintet in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
Huu Bac Quintet blends musical traditions from China, Vietnam, and the Andes with contemporary jazz for a unique cross-cultural experience.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoUruguay's candombe brings streets to life as the once-banned musical tradition roars back
Candombe, Uruguay's Afro-descendant music once banned and marginalized, is now experiencing peak popularity after spreading from Black neighborhoods throughout the country.
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month agoRevered Cuban pianist Omar Sosa back in Bay Area for week full of gigs
Cuban pianist Omar Sosa returns to the Bay Area as resident artistic director at SFJAZZ Center, presenting diverse projects spanning his three-decade career after arriving in 1995 with minimal resources.
London food
fromTime Out London
1 month agoThis traditional boteco in northwest London is officially the best Brazilian restaurant in the city
London's Brazilian food scene offers diverse, affordable options from authentic botecos to steakhouses and street-food specialties, with Kaipiras by Barraco ranked top.
fromColossal
2 months agoRegina Silveira Pieces Together an Evolving Narrative of Latin America
Regina Silveira has spent the better part of three decades considering the relationship between media and meaning, particularly as it relates to Latin America. First presented in 1997, "To Be Continued..." features 100 black-and-white reproductions of photos, newspaper clippings, propaganda, advertisements, and more. Silveira nests each image into an oversized puzzle piece, which cuts off faces and scenes to leave fragments of pop culture icons, flora and fauna, and even the occasional mugshot spliced next to one another.
Arts
fromCN Traveller
2 months agoIn Brazil's Costa Verde, local communities are tapping into the ancient stillness beneath their town's thrum
I remember this as I wend my way from Brazil's colossus, São Paulo, to the coastal enclave of Paraty on the Costa Verde, driving through tunnels of Atlantic Forest that filter blinking bars of light. Floral scents surf on warm air through the open window. The legendary Afro-Brazilian singer-songwriter of the 1960s Tropicalismo genre, who went on to become Brazil's first culture minister to advocate for national diversity, has performed at festivals in Paraty.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoFabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orquestra: Vila review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month
Fabiano do Nascimento combines virtuosic fingerpicked guitar with Vittor Santos's 16-piece orchestral arrangements to create lush, percussive, bossa-influenced instrumental music on Vila.
SF music
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
1 month agoHow Cumbia Took Root and Evolved in the Bay Area | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
Cumbia evolved from Colombian Caribbean roots blending African, indigenous, and Spanish influences, spreading globally through migration and adaptation while absorbing regional musical elements across Latin America and the Bay Area.
fromOpen Culture
2 months agoBrazilian Musician Seu Jorge Performs 15 Iconic Bowie Songs in Portuguese to Mark the 10th Anniversary of Bowie's Passing
In 2004, the Brazilian musician Seu Jorge recorded a series of Portuguese covers of David Bowie songs for Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The next year, he released a full album of 13 Bowie classics, and in 2016-2017, he even took the songs on tour. Now, in 2026, to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's passing, Jorge returns with the performance above.
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fromConde Nast Traveler
2 months agoHow the Global Rise of Latin American Music Is Shaping Travel
In the just-named Grammy Album of the Year, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS-which Bad Bunny has declared his " most Puerto Rican album " to date-the supernova reggaetonero painted an evocative portrait of the Caribbean island, while declaring to a whopping 8.6 million listeners: "VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR" (I'm going to bring you to Puerto Rico). And he did. Last year, a record-breaking number of tourists-7,486,000 to be exact-visited Puerto Rico's tropical shores.
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from48 hills
2 months agoUnder the Stars: Satya's rock-tinged R&B hits the right spot - 48 hills
January is the month where music is moving underneath the surface, feeling out the venues, plotting and planning for those great days under the sun, at a festival. If you are a globe-trotting DJ or band, January is the month you're finishing up those FaceTime calls with managers and bookers, and plotting out which month you'll be on the road playing the Empty Bottle in Chicago, the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA, or the Continental Club in Austin, TX.
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