Eliane Elias has been making music since the mid-80s. This year she released Light My Fire, an album of originals and covers, as well as collaborations with Gilberto Gil, that has been getting rave reviews all summer. Eduardo Pagnoncelli sat down with Eliane to talk about her career and her latest release. Read the full story

In the crowded genre of Brazilian Samba and Bossa Nova, musicality, songwriting ability and tremendous vocals are commonplace; so standing out from the crowd is some feat. Singer songwriter Sabrina Malheiros has managed to do just that, making her mark as an artist transforming Brazilian music for a new generation. Read the full story

A musician devoted to Brazilian music; that’s the best way to describe Emily Saunders, this lovely British singer with an incredibly sweet voice and great appreciation, and understanding, of Brazilian music. Read the full story

Raf Vilar moves seamlessly between Portuguese and English through tracks that evoke bossa nova, folk and samba of 60’s and 70’s Brazil whilst incorporating global jazz and electronica. Read the full story

Cover to cover: iconic designs of Brazil’s musical Golden Age are brought together in Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s, a book launched by Soul Jazz. Read the full story

For a special little showdown for the music issue of October, Jungle pitted two high calibre musical minds against each other to debate the state of Brazil’s music industry and output to see if it’s as good as it has always been…

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The young Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto, whose style fuses bossa nova, samba, and Brazilian jazz, carrying forward the legacy of her father, João Gilberto, is returning to London once again. Read the full story