deep brazil

Ten versions of Tom Jobim’s “How Insensitive” – from Doris Day to Ryuichi Sakamoto

Regina — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:53:39 +0000

“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 ...

Délia Fischer plays Gismonti’s “Baião Malandro”

Regina — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:22:20 +0000

Brilliant jazz pianist Délia Fischer in an unforgettable tour-de-force.

The day of Iemanjá, the sea orixá

Regina — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:26:29 +0000

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 ...

The country seen through Parkour

Regina — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:48:41 +0000

Parkour is an extreme sport, a race that uses the obstacles common in the urban landscape – playground equipment, buildings, walls – in all sorts of manoeuvrings. Now, what does parkour tells us about the ...

Best moments of Brazilian soccer with Canal 100

Regina — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:24:27 +0000

During over four decades, all movies screened in the country were preceded by two video magazines, normally many months old – Cinejornal, created by documentarist Primo Carbonari, and Canal 100, produced by Carlos Niemeyer. The ...

Unexpected partnership: Bezerra da Silva and Barão Vermelho

Regina — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:47 +0000

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 ...

Delicious jam of Jorge Benjor and Arnaldo Antunes

Regina — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:03 +0000

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. ...

The best of four editions of Rock in Rio, the world’s biggest rock festival

Regina — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:47:17 +0000

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 ...

São Paulo in old postcards

Regina — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:06:55 +0000

Celebrating the 457th anniversary of my hometown, some images of a not-so-long-ago past. Check also for other old Brazilian postcards. And these posts about the city: Lyric summary of one year in São Paulo and Tools ...

Pastoril Profano – the spicy folk celebration of an old clown and several young shepards

Regina — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:32:27 +0000

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 ...