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26 April 2024 – Delivering Brazilian Funk to the global stage, GRAMMY® Award-nominated international superstar Anitta proudly releases he

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"Funk Generation: A Favela Story" is a musical journey that takes listeners to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We got the opportunity to chat with three artists from Sydney City Chiptune Ministries about their entry into the scene and their process.

Growing up in the United States, a country that likes to tell itself stories about it being the center of the world, I cannot say that I grew up listening to Mexican regional music. Part of this is purely circumstantial and cultural; my own background is Jewish, so, when they weren’t spinning Tom Petty and Carole King CDs, my parents filled our home with klezmer CDs and songs performed in Hebrew. My best shot at hearing popular regional Mexican music would’ve been through Selena Quin...

This episode of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush begins with set of new Punjabi 2-Step tracks and then dips into the inital movement of UK Asian Garage from the turn of the millennium before moving on to Bhangra, Punjabi Urban Desi, Reggaeton and then ending with an extended set featuring LGBTQIA+ artists from Latin America with a special emphasis on the Funk Carioca scene in Brazil.