Guardian Music — Last week was all about the bossanova backbeat, this week we're stalking robbers, moustache-twiddlers and the truly evilI think Pairubu had it right. The South American topic was limiting and we did end up heading down a road where the signposts larg... more info

Guardian Music — Ebullience rules in this pick of the best songs about, and from, a continent that – from Britain at least – feels exotic and alluringFor those of us whose lives are largely confined to the British Isles, the idea of South America is an exotic one... more info

Guardian Music — Cinema Of Brazil: Music And Rhythm; Sound In Cinema – Music In Film: UK Portuguese Film Festival, LondonOne of the themes of this year's City Of London festival is the music of the Portuguese-speaking world, which is good news for cinemagoers, as t... more info

Guardian Music — From Greek tragedy in an ancient amphitheatre to installation art in a former furniture factory, the city's annual summer festival is unmissableThe 1,800-year-old Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Roman amphitheatre on the south slope of the Acropolis, k... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: Blaze FestivalWHEN: June 19 - July 31WHERE: London, EnglandWHO: The Knife's Tomorrow in a Year, Dirty Projectors performing The Getty Address, Shearwater, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Caetano Veloso, Lee "Scratch Perry, Toots and the Maytals... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonBossa nova is a hard sell in the 21st century. The blend of samba and modern jazz that emerged from Rio in the late 1950s, which captures a mood of languid sophistication, is borne of a philosophy that runs contrary to the quick grati... more info

Totally Fuzzy — olegelagin said... Timebox ~ 1998 ~ The Deram Anthology Thorinshield ~ 1968 ~ Thorinshield the Third Power ~ 1970 ~ Believe Third Estate ~ 1976 ~ Years before the wine Tempest ~ 1973 ~ Tempest + 1974 ~ Living in Fear Tasavallan Presidentti ~ 1969 ~ T... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sakalli said... National Head Band - Albert 1 (1971) (@256) Embryo - Jazzbuhne Berlin (Live 1989) (@256) http://www.sakalli.info Gumshoe said... Gawrsh! A new Top-10, Album of the Week #18 and ... An MP3 each from Leopard Leg and T.I.T.S. ... steamy... more info

Guardian Music — Brazilian pianist and pioneer of bossa nova Johnny Alf, who has died aged 80, was a Brazilian pianist, singer and composer, considered to be one of the fathers of the bossa nova movement that swept the globe in the 1960s. Over a 60-year career on sta... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about avian anthems. Now we want to canvass your votes for this week's candidatesIt would be fitting, though impossible, to reduce the last thread to a tweet. After the relative disappointment of the previous week it was full to bur... more info