“Historic” Brazilian rockers Arnaldo Antunes (originally from Titãs band) and Edgar Scandurra (previously guitar player for Ira!) just released an album with Grammy Awards winner Toumani Diabaté
The 225 remaining Brazilian native ethnicity have a wide range of dance traditions. These are some of them:
“Grandes Expedições à Amazônia Brasileira” is a little gem for those interested in the history of the Amazon region and the men and women that explored the region during the last century with the more diverse agendas.
“Morte e Vida Severina”, by João Cabral de Melo Neto, is the most Brazilian of all Nativity plays. Also known as “Auto de Natal Pernambucano” (Nativity play …
Domínio Público is a e-library created by the Brazilian Ministry of education. It allows the download of philosophy and literary classics that are copyright free…
Joãosinho Trinta, the former ballet dancer who reinvented Rio’s Carnival, incorporating luxurious elements and extreme creativity to the popular parade…
What happens when you mix artists with very different musical backgrounds? Some are outraged, but most are smitten.
“Vertigo”, the Hitchcock masterpiece with James Stuart and Kim Novak, had its title translated as “A Mulher que Viveu Duas Vezes” (The Woman that Lived Twice) in Portugal – a massive, humongous spoiler.
Batucada, the joyful, noisy, fast pace percussive ensemble, capable of speeding up one’s pulse, is gaining the world.
The posthumous album by Amy Winehouse, the Brit enfant terrible/singer recently deceased, was released today. It includes her version for the Bossa Nova classic “Garota de Ipanema”, performed in Miami in 2002, when she was 18.
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