The “Lavadeiras de Almera” is a group of women who have spent their lives making a living from washing their community’s laundry at the margins of the mythical Jequitinhonha River, in Brazil. Their names are: Adélia Barbosa da Silva, Ana Isabel da Conceição, Emília Maria de Jesus, Juracy Lima da Silva, Mirian Fernandes Pessoa, Santa […]
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Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of the Voiceless Ones
March 6, 2013 
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—— The Argentinian folk Singer, Mercedes Sosa, was known in Latin America as the “Voice of the Voiceless Ones”. She represented a powerful source of resistance against the Military dictatorships that took over Latin America during the 60s and 70s. With a career starting in the late 50’s, Sosa was at the forefront of the […]
Continue reading Unpredictable weather with the band “Previsão do Tempo”
February 17, 2013 1 Comment
One of the joys of writing about independent music is to find bands that are not following any of the industry’s old formulas. They are there together doing music for the sake of doing music and that’s their motivation. Invariably, their work is full of originality. One of these bands is the ” Previsão do Tempo”, […]
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