My first impression of Bixiga 70—which I’m a little embarrassed to say came just last month, almost ten years into their career—was something like, “Hey, it’s the Brazilian Antibalas.”
“Some of us come from candomblé, others from jazz, reggae, dub, everything,” said Ferreira. “The whole idea of the band has been to take all these different elements that form us, from Africa and Brazil, and create a hybrid from them.”
