Antonio Carlos Gomes, the Brazilian who ...

In a remarkable moment after WWII New York became the centre of the art world, simultaneously seeing the development of new ways of hearing music, and new ways of seeing art. It was here that the American experimental composer Morton Feldman said, “What was great about the fiftie ... Show More

"For the next hour, I need your ears". It's 1974 and someone is trying to recruit you for a listening experiment on public radio in Canada. Pioneering Canadian composer and soundscape maestro, R Murray Schafer really wants you to commit: "if you're just listening to this programm ... Show More

Via ports and truck-stops, fulfilment centres and ring roads, Aidan Tulloch follows the supply chain and reimagines the journey an item goes on in the age of 24/7 delivery. 

If there is a winning formula for moving from songwriter to performer, Camilo has found it. At the time of writing, the 27-year-old Colombian star and Latin Grammy-winner has amassed 5.2 billion streams of his song Por Primera and his album, Mis Manos – released just two months a ... Show More

Francisco Carrasco and N. Hardem are joined by Graciela Zaera Moraña and Beto Robledo Zaragoza of the band Chapulines to discuss creativity and the songwriting process. These four Latin American artists, who are on the line-up of this year’s La Linea Festival in London, UK, talk ... Show More

Thiago França, Beto, Maíra Freitas and Flaira Ferro discuss what it’s like to be a musician during Brazil's carnival season, how the festivities vary across the country, why it’s so closely linked to cultural identity, its magical rhythms, and why the festival also has a serious ... Show More

Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the charts of his home country, Brazil. Expect new takes on ‘sertanejo’ music, the Brazilian version of a Eurovision-winning song and epic 12-minute funk tracks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Jeremy Klemin joins the pod to discuss his recent article in the Atlantic about how to categorize Portuguese people, and set out to resolve questions like: are Italians Latino, are Brazilians Hispanic, should Portuguese people benefit from Affirmative Action, does assimilation ru ... Show More

In which we ask who killed Marielle Franco & discuss the shooting at Lula's caravan + Brazil's absent center 

Brazilian football journalist Ricardo Setyon joins us to reflect on the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, which saw wins for Athletico Paranaense and Flamengo set up an all-Brazilian final for the third year in a row. And we hear from Reading striker Natasha Dowie ahead of th ... Show More