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Sambacana Volume 40
DJ 440 Mixtape
DJ 440 from Olinda, Brazil takes charge of Sambacana's 40th show
Sambacana Volume 39
The Best Of MPBC
SoundGoods explores Música Popular Brasileira Contemporânea for Sambacana's 39th edition
Sambacana Volume 38
Mixtape 21 by DJ Cheech
Old school Brazilian business courtesy of Rio de Janeiro's DJ Cheech
Sambacana archive
Want more? The Sambacana archive currently contains 40 shows for you to stream or download
Brazilian content on Spannered
If you’re interested in Brazilian music and culture, we recommend that you check out the following related content on Spannered
Leandro HBL & Wesley Pentz
Favela on Blast
Two years after completion, Leandro HBL & Wesley Pentz's documentary on the sound of Rio's favelas finally sees a proper release. Greg Scruggs serves up critique and sociological context.
DJ Paulão
Music According to...
Hot on the heels of his blistering mix, Então Tome! Feira Livre Vol. 1, Spannered interviews Brazilian DJ and music researcher DJ Paulão
Spannered Oddcast #3
Brazilian Edition
A selection of tasty Brazilian nuggets makes up the third instalment of Spannered's Oddcast series
The Vinicius Cantuária Quintet
Nego Moçambique
Freak City Funk
How does electronic music sound in the capital of the Aquarian civilization? Spannered meets Marcelo de Jesus, aka Nego Moçambique
DJ Paulão
Então Tome! Feira Livre Vol. 1
Respected Brazilian DJ and music researcher DJ Paulão gives Spannered a sniff of his sprawling record collection
Gold-Plated Guns, Silver Linings
Bronzing in Peace
Who are the winners and losers in Rio’s race for global sports recognition? Greg Scruggs reports from the 2007 Pan American Games.
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Cultural Insomnia & CS Gas
São Paulo's Third Annual Virada Cultural
Spannered's man in São Paulo, Al Fresco, recently spent the night trudging around the city's third annual Virada Cultural.
Airto Moreira & Banda Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo
Eumir Deodato & Jazz Sinfônica
AfroReggaeDigital
The best place in the world is here & now
How can internet radio bring about positive change in Rio’s de Janeiro's shantytowns? In more ways that you would think, discovers Spannered.
Maga Bo
Radio Luz Poland Mix
Half an hour of wrecked transglobal riddims and squashed electronics, recorded in Rio de Janeiro
Maga Bo
Bass By Place
Singing in Swahili and blowing into car muffler parts on the Msimbati Peninsula? Has Bo Anderson left any musical stone unturned? Spannered travels to Rio de Janeiro to meet the bringer of transnational bass
Nayana Fernandez
Impressions
Brazilian photographer Nayana Fernandez returns to her birthplace of São Paulo.
Fulerô O Esquema
Fulerô O Esquema
Feminina, Não Feminista
Meet the São Paulo family girls on a mission to subvert, inform and drop their pyjamas