http://deepbrazil.com Culture, Music, Environment, Economy, Society Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/08/o-cruzeiro-the-most-popular-brazilian-magazine-ever/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/08/o-cruzeiro-the-most-popular-brazilian-magazine-ever/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:50 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=15445

O Cruzeiro, the main Brazilian illustrated magazine of last century, was, by several criteria, the biggest editorial success story in the country. In 1954, when Getúlio Vargas, a dictator extremely popular, committed suicide, Cruzeiro sold ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/08/o-cruzeiro-the-most-popular-brazilian-magazine-ever/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/07/bbc-documentary-about-brazilian-music/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/07/bbc-documentary-about-brazilian-music/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:46:07 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=11986

Do you need a quick but in-depth overview of Brazilian rhythms and their main representatives?  The BBC made a great documentary with a sample of all the basics, from the early days of samba, in ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/07/bbc-documentary-about-brazilian-music/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/04/seven-versions-of-tom-jobims-insensatez-from-doris-day-to-ryuichi-sakamoto/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/04/seven-versions-of-tom-jobims-insensatez-from-doris-day-to-ryuichi-sakamoto/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:53:39 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=16009

“Insensatez”, Tom Jobim’s Bossa Nova known internationally as “How Insensitive”, is an essential jazz standard. Inspired by a Chopin prelude, it has lyrics by poet/diplomat Vinícius de Moraes, with whom Jobim also composed “The Girl ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/04/seven-versions-of-tom-jobims-insensatez-from-doris-day-to-ryuichi-sakamoto/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/03/delia-fischer-plays-gismontis-baiao-malandro-2/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/03/delia-fischer-plays-gismontis-baiao-malandro-2/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:22:20 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=16001

Brilliant jazz pianist Délia Fischer in an unforgettable tour-de-force. ]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/03/delia-fischer-plays-gismontis-baiao-malandro-2/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/02/the-day-of-iemanja-the-sea-orixa/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/02/the-day-of-iemanja-the-sea-orixa/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:26:29 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=15950

These two videos were posted in honor of Iemanjá (or Yemanjá), the orixá/ goddess of the oceans in the African-Brazilian religions, whose day is celebrated today. First a beautiful 16 minute documentary about the celebrations ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/02/02/the-day-of-iemanja-the-sea-orixa/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/30/unexpected-partnership-bezerra-da-silva-and-barao-vermelho/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/30/unexpected-partnership-bezerra-da-silva-and-barao-vermelho/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:47 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=15451

  Bezerra da Silva, samba composer known as the classic malandro (the type of guy that never works, spends his time in bars, drinking and playing pool, explores his wife, sells his mother – but has ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/30/unexpected-partnership-bezerra-da-silva-and-barao-vermelho/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/27/delicious-jam-of-jorge-benjor-and-arnaldo-antunes/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/27/delicious-jam-of-jorge-benjor-and-arnaldo-antunes/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:03 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=15332

Meeting of titans during the recording of Arnaldo Antunes’ DVD “Ao vivo lá em casa”. This other video shows other artists that visited Antunes at home, including Erasmo Carlos and Demônios da Garoa. Really cool. ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/27/delicious-jam-of-jorge-benjor-and-arnaldo-antunes/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/26/the-best-of-four-editions-of-rock-in-rio-the-worlds-biggest-rock-festival/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/26/the-best-of-four-editions-of-rock-in-rio-the-worlds-biggest-rock-festival/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:47:17 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=15459

The city of Rio hosted four editions of Rock in Rio, the biggest rock and pop festival of the planet: in 1985, 1991, 2001 and four months ago. In between, four editions happened in Lisbon ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/26/the-best-of-four-editions-of-rock-in-rio-the-worlds-biggest-rock-festival/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/24/pastoril-profano-the-spicy-folk-celebration-of-an-old-clown-and-several-young-shepards/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/24/pastoril-profano-the-spicy-folk-celebration-of-an-old-clown-and-several-young-shepards/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:32:27 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=15830

Pastoril Profano is a Christmas folk celebration typical of the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Alagoas, in the Northeast of the country. It is a metaphor of mortality, where the fight ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/24/pastoril-profano-the-spicy-folk-celebration-of-an-old-clown-and-several-young-shepards/feed/ 2 http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/24/modern-architecture/ http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/24/modern-architecture/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:47:56 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=14212

The architecture proposed by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Marcos Acayaba and Ruy Ohtake between the late 40s and the mid-seventies, in all its concrete and geometric glory, is portrayed in the photo book “Residências em ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2012/01/24/modern-architecture/feed/ 0