Passa, Dribla, Chuta, Marca Um Golo Sonhador from Ras Kitchen Film on Vimeo . Uma entrevista feita pela Ras Kitchen Film a um dos meus músicos preferidos. Ras Kitchen Films interviews one of my favorite musicians.
Clave Bantu_Aline Frazão from xavier belho on Vimeo .

A não perder, leitores em Luanda:

Estará a venda amanhã em Portugal. Quero muito uma cópia. Segue o convite:

Prince Wadada's ragga style meet Coca's soulful beats. I think it's the first collaboration between these two Angolan artists. Have a listen: Sem Massada O estilo ragga do Prince Wadada com os soul beats do Coca. Acho que é a primeira vez que estes dois artistas colaboram. Disse assim o Coca: " He heyyy!! Hoje é sexta e como sempre dou um coxe de soul de borla...esta semana bumbei com o mo Faray...Prince Wadada que escreveu um som cheio de alma...eu acho que ta uma grande malha [...]

Wild Beasts, by birrooo Smother is Wild Beast's third studio album and their first hat I've had contact with, courtesy of this Massalo Photography post . I was impressed with Albatross enough to want to know more about the English band that created it, and thus got my hands (and ears) on their latest musical offering. If I thought Albatross was immense, that was before I heard the album closer, End Come Too Soon. I was on an Amtrak train heading back to NYC when this beautiful song came [...]

A Conexão Lusófona, parceiro "ideológico" do Lounge, promoverá no dia 17 do corrente, em Lisboa, um debate amplo e participativo sobre a lusofonia no contexto mundial, devididos em dois temas pertinentes: O porquê de uma comunidade lusófona e lusofonia: identidade ou utopia? .

Besides Amy Winehouse, Oliver Mtukudzi , Los Cafres , Tiken Jah Fakoly , a bit of Thievery Corporation and a dash of both Manu Chao and Bajofondo Tango Club , most of my week was spent listening to Electro Côco's album Côco do Mundo. I've talked about them here before , and also posted the Buscemi remix of their song 'Terra e Água'. But as is often the case with remixes, the original is better. I love the juxtaposition of the electronic drum n' bass beat with the more organic acoustic [...]

So good it hardly seems real: Coca o FSM with Marisa & Milton Gulli. Three of my favorite Lusophone artists in a single beat, in a single song. Marisa shines with her tried and tested spoken word, Coca with his soulful vibe, Milton in the chorus. Excellent for Friday afternoons such as this one. Amanhã Tão bom que nem parece verdade: Coca o FSM com Marisa & Milton Gulli. Três dos meus cantores lusófonos preferidos, num só beat, numa só canção. A Marisa sempre com o seu 'spoken word' alucinante, Coca [...]
Nástio no seu melhor. Leia sobre o seu novo álbum aqui . Nástio at his best. Read about his newest album here .

I noticed that so far there are 134 less posts this year than 2010's total. It's been interesting, humorous even, to see the correlation between gainful employment (and living in New York) versus time spent blogging. Gone are the days of lazy lounging and boundless time to listen to and scope new Lusophone music. But, hopefully, the quality of the music on offer here at the Lounge will offset the quantity of posts. As always, the "Editor's Pick" list highlights the best songs that have been posted on the Lounge over the past half-year, and only bonafide Lusophone songs are [...]

If you speak Portuguese, the lyrics of this song speak for themselves. If you don't, well, I can't exactly translate its racy sexual lyrics at the risk of this site no longer being 'safe for work'. It seems that Coca is in love...enjoy this soulful chilled groove made in Angola. Hoje vou te dar com força Como disse acima, para quem fala português e obviamente consegue ler estas poucas palavras, a letra sexual e ofegante deste brinde groovy fala por si. Não vou me dar ao trabalho de a pôr [...]

I view Massalo's photostream as a source of inspiration, both visual and aural. The photos are always unique and true works of art, but sometimes the musical selections don't move me the same way; after all, we all have distinct tastes in music. But sometimes he gets it completely right and I sit there fascinated by a particular song or a particular audiovisual combination. It was in his photostream that I 'discovered' the XX and it's there that I found the Wild Beasts . The song Albatross is simply spectacular, from the first to the last of [...]

He picked up his first guitar at age 17 and for the next 14 years honed his craft; in 2009, he released his first album, River of Dreams. Ever since then and even before that, João Cabral has been turning heads (and ears) with his Mozambican brand of afro-jazz, inspired in part by the years he spent living in Cape Town, arguably Africa's jazz capital. It was in the Mother City that he met and played with afro-jazz virtuosos such as his compatriot Moreira Chonguiça, Dino Miranda, and of course, Jimmy Dludlu. River of Dreams is quite accessible, the kind [...]
Eis o projecto em acção! O Penna Firme, perfilado há dias aqui no Lounge, está a procura de financiamento para poder gravar um vídeo para a música Um Corpo Só, que podem ouvir a baixo. Sobre o Projecto: "Penna Firme vem através do Zarpante chamar vocês para participarem de seu mais novo evento – a gravação do clipe Um Corpo Só – música em [...]

Conjunto 70 and Samy Ben Redjeb's performance at Elinga this past May was so successful that the team is performing at WOMEX in Copenhagen on Wednesday, October 26 (good work to Luanda's Mano a Mano Produções in putting their money where they're mouth is and carrying through with their promise). Its amazing news for 'música popular angolana' and I'm ecstatic for them. More details to follow: O concerto do Conjunto 70 e o Samy Ben Redjeb foi um verdadeiro sucesso, e uma das repercurssões deste sucesso é a aparição do Conjunto no WOMEX a decorrer em [...]

By pressing 'play' below you can hear Leonardo Wawuti's moving cover of one of André Minga's best songs, Livre mas sem asas. I'll let the song speak for itself - there's really nothing to say here, besides this: Descanse em paz, André Mingas . Livre mas sem asas Carregando no 'play' acima poderão ouvir o cover (e homenagem) do Wawuti de uma das mais belas músicas do André Mingas, Livre mas sem asas. Deixarei a música falar por si - não há muito que escrever aqui, sem ser isto: [...]

Sunday nights are always a good time for exploring new music. I was in the mood for something relaxed and flowing, and Moça Bonita by Penna Firme fits the bill perfectly. I was introduced to this Brazilian artist by Henrique, the one of the minds behind Zarpante . Penna Firme's samba is light, modern, and urbane; it's very easy to listen and goes down splendidly. The album, Levando a Vida Assim, is Penna's first and is available for free download over on Musicoteca's website . Among the standout tracks, besides the contagious Moça Bonita, are the excellent Sonho [...]