Discobelle.net — Swiss duo Round Table Knights warms us up with another one of their excellent seasonbased mixes, the soulful feeling of their Autumn mix 2013 is a smoothly executed display of their diverse taste with tracks ranging from How To Dress Well via their n... more info

Guardian Music — Organisers of Rio 2016 Games promise their eight-minute segment in Olympic Stadium will feature 'joy and passion'Rio 2016 organisers have promised to bring the spirit of the Sambadrome to Stratford as their contribution to a closing ceremony on Sunda... more info

Guardian Music — (Wrasse)The charismatic Brazilian actor and singer continues on his idiosyncratic way, mixing up sambas, soul and rock, covering favourites from Kraftwerk to Jorge Ben (and the Bowie songbook for The Life Aquatic). On Músicas Para Churrasco, the firs... more info

Guardian Music — (Wrasse)Seu Jorge delights in the unexpected. As an actor he has appeared in City of God and The Life Aquatic, and as a singer-songwriter has mixed Brazilian samba with blues, rock and funk, and reworked Western pop favourites by everyone from David ... more info

Guardian Music — (Far Out) The original Banda Black Rio were one of the great Brazilian bands of the 1970s and 80s. Formed by saxophonist Oberdan Magalhães, they were pioneers of the country's soul, samba and funk movement, and played a key role in Rio's black music ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This compilation is a star-studded tribute to Brazilian tropicalia, featuring contributions from Caetano Veloso, Beck, Seu Jorge, Beirut, Bebel Gilberto, Jose Gonzalez, John Legend and many more. Hear the two-disc set in its entirety below, before... more info

Guardian Music — The series which started with Cole Porter covers recognises Brazil's recognition as 'a major force in world affairs'In 1989, Leigh Blake and John Carlin were just two friends with a dream. In response to the effect of the Aids epidemic on NYC's artis... more info

Stereogum — John Legend, Os Mutantes, Devendra Banhart, Caetano Veloso, Dirty Projectors, Seu Jorge, Beck, Bebel Gilberto, José Gonzales, Beirut, Tom Zé, Of Montreal, Gogol Bordello, Javelin, Madlib, Brazilian Girls, St. Vincent, and Neon Indian are among the ma... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tongue said... SWELL MAPS - Jane From Occupied Europe fuzzlove http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com Nazz Nomad said... Bleedin Out has a new compilation up- It's called Slow Death 2011. Some covers, some classics, some other stuff. On it, you'll fin... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonThis was a brave but uneven concert, and a reminder that Seu Jorge is a product of the 90s, the era of the manguebeat movement in the Brazilian city of Recife. Its key figure was the late, great Chico Science, who mixed the traditio... more info