The timing for the release of the new album from Nina Miranda couldn’t have been better. The theme couldn’t have been more current. Freedom of Movement is a celebration of new connections, open doors and bridges in contrast to a world under the threat of becoming more isolationist. Having been brought up in Brazil, UK and […]
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Zeca Pagodinho Live in London
November 27, 2016 
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Zeca Pagodinho, the charismatic Sambista, who headlined the Rio Olympics opening ceremony (alongside Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso), is coming to London this Tuesday, 29 November. His concert, in Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, coincides with the celebrations of 100 years of samba. Zeca started his career as a child in the 1970s and became a regular […]
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September 18, 2016 0 Comments
How to party when there is a climate of sadness? It was with this question in mind that I arrived at the festivities of Brazil Day, in London, on the 10th of September. What were we really celebrating in a moment when basic rights are been taken away from Brazilians by an illegitimate government? When crooks have […]
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