Movimientos inject a dose of Tropical and Latino vibes into Brixton’s No.1 destination for roots and global live sounds. DJ Cal Jader drops the freshest Latin beats and Tropical bass rhythms alongside headliners Kalakuta Millionaires with a dirty mix of Fela Kuti inspired brass lines, Latin rhythms, Afro-psych organ and JB style funk riffs. Continue Reading

Now this is the kind of news we like. Elza Soares has just been confirmed to play Favela Chic on Saturday 15th October. Elza is one of the true stars of samba and a true carioca, famous for a string of hits in the 60s and 70s as well as for her affiliation with Rio’s samba schools (most notably Mocidade). This is one rare opportunity to see Elza in London so you better not miss it! Continue Reading

On Wednesday 28th September Brown Sugar will be hosting one of Brazil’s finest funk carioca DJ’s, a certain DJ Chernobyl. Continue Reading

Special violin performance curated by world-renowned composer and cellist Diego Carneiro, featuring the talents of Kokila Gilette and Guillem Calvo Martínez de Albéniz. This performance aims to raise funds for Diego’s AmaZonArt project, an initiative concerned with helping the deprived riberinho (river people) community in the Brazilian Amazon. Continue Reading

Pisco Disco will be bringing a quality assortment of live Latin bands to the Camp on Saturday 29th October. This night is all about latin vibes and world beats. Check back soon for the full line-up. Continue Reading

The amazing afro, funk and soul label Strut Records are having a boat party on Sunday. It’s the first in a series of one-off London parties this month with a Sunday session on a 1930s Dutch barge, the Tamesis Dock moored at Albert Embankment, the label’s first club night for more than eight years. Continue Reading

Live music from Colomboloco, Ko’KN and Roughberry, as well as DJ’ing from the excellent Cal Jader and Arias for this monthly instalment of Movimientos at Notting Hill Arts Club. Continue Reading

Legendary Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez arrives in London just shy of his 70th birthday. With his Afro-Cuban Messengers he will be playing three shows, one at Soho’s Floridita and two at Boisdale in Canary Wharf. This is an artist still at the top of his craft, as evinced by the Latin Jazz Grammy this year for his last album Chucho’s Steps. Continue Reading

The Espirito Brum festival will be enlivening crowds in Birmingham this weekend (September 16-18) as it brings it’s usual mix of local and Brazilian musicians, visual artists and poets to the West Midlands. Among the standout Brazilian acts are rapper Jota III and experimentalist Babilak Bah. Continue Reading