Caipirinha Lounge

Enquanto escrevo estas linhas tenho nos headphones a música "Diário de um Rapper", do CFKappa (Cláudio Fernando Kiala), que pod...

It's frequently said that Angola and Mozambique have similar political and social realities. We both had socialist regimes, we both s...

Halloween, the man who shook me from my writing lethargy. One of my (many) handicaps with Lusophone music is my lack of in-depth kn...

Ikonoklasta. Brigadeiro Matafrakuxz. 1000iSegundo. Nkwa Kobanza. Os nomes artísticos são vários, mas o nome do homem é só um: Luaty Beirão...

For a long time I'd listen to this song in the early morning to help me wake up. It reminds me of the good times I spent in Cape Town ...

This one's among the top three 6tacool jams by Coca so far. I've been playing it all week. What a surprise to hear him show off hi...

This has been a long time in the making. The Lounge has been dormant for some time but these fresh, characteristically brilliant and irr...

Enjoy this lyrically intense new release by Mozambican rapper Azagaia, who was jailed over the weekend by Maputo police officers but has sin...

Over the last few days I've been bopping my head to Portuguese group Orelha Negra's latest mixtape. Orelha Negra, literally translat...

A couple of weeks ago I posted the teaser video for Kid MC's first single off his second album, O Incorrigível, fresh off his label Madt...

The video below presents you with a window into the burgeoning Angolan rap scene. Kid MC is one of the country's better rappers, a prove...

Seems like I'm still in a Gabriel o Pensador sort of mood. While Até Quando, featured here over the weekend, was an angry, rebellious, d...

Once in awhile (or more often than not, depending on your patience, your optimism), Luanda can become a difficult, bureaucratic beast. Or wo...