Articles tagged with: Samba
Listen to 2012 Carnival sambas
Rádio UOL produced a podcast with 27 sambas enredos that will be the soundtrack of next Carnival parades both in São Paulo and Rio. Among them, Beija Flor’s “São Luis – Poema Encantado do Maranhão”, …
Samba master class
This is the closest you will get to learning samba without leaving your desk. The one-hour special “Dance the World“, that premiered on The Travel Channel, in the US, last Monday, shows how award-winner ballroom dancer …
Martinho da Vila, Carnival king
Forget Momo, the fat guy that, every year, is crowned Carnival King. The real sovereign of the giant feast that begins in a few weeks is Martinho da Vila. This composer of irresistible smile, now …
If Mozart, Bono, Jimmy Page and Shiva were Brazilian…
…their music would sound like that:
Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” by Unidos da Tijuca escola de samba and Petrobrás Symphonic Orchestra with conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky.
Beloved criminals
Brazilians have a somewhat disturbing tenderness for certain types of criminals. Let me drop some names that will prove my point: Meneghetti, Adhemar de Barros, Lampião and your generic malandro.
Take, for instance, the figure of …
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 you’re tired of samba, if you already listened all that matter …
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