10 extraordinary Brazilian musicians you should listen to
by Eloisa Aquino* If you’ve had your share of Bossa Nova, if you feel that you already know all the Tropicália big shots well, if […]
Music
Scary Brazilian lullabies
Most Brazilian lullabies and children songs are scary like hell. Some of them are not exactly child-appropriate. Or human-appropriate. Check this hit parade: The big […]
Reborn Mutantes
Only two Brazilian rock bands really made it abroad. Heavy-metal Sepultura and psychedelic Os Mutantes. Os Mutantes’s success is peculiar in the fact that the […]
Farewell, White Feather
Brazil is mourning – well, those that have some musical memory are – the passing of Pena Branca. For almost five decades he partnered with […]
The kings of baião
Before Bossa Nova, there was baião. This contagious rhythm from the Northeast of Brazil was taken to Hollywood by Carmen Miranda, in the thirties, and […]
Starting 2010 with Brazilian music
In the last day of 2009, a gift to rock your New Year Party: a list of cool podcasts of Brazilian music. Sure, the hosts do a lot of talking, but […]