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Amazing BBC documentary about Brazilian music

Regina — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:46:07 +0000

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 ...

Listen to 2012 Carnival sambas

Regina — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:30:10 +0000

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

Regina — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:05:00 +0000

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

Regina — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:00:41 +0000

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…

Regina — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:05:22 +0000

…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. Led Zepellin’s “Rock and Roll” by Sambô U2′s “Sunday Bloody Sunday” ...

Beloved criminals

Regina — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:58:40 +0000

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

Regina — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:10:37 +0000

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 ...

Gorgeous Rio Carnival

Deep Brazil — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:02:02 +0000

A little aftertaste of Carnival: the Havaiana flipflops add currently on TV shows a lady criticizing a bunch of guys (including actor Marcos Palmeira) who are celebrating while the world is in crisis. Palmeira sighs ...

Street Carnival

Deep Brazil — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:23:46 +0000

There are several ways of celebrating Carnival in Rio, if you are lucky enough to be there on February 13th, when the festival begins. You can be in the audience of the huge parade of Escolas ...

Starting 2010 with Brazilian music

Deep Brazil — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:03:06 +0000

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 waiting for the songs definitely pays off. Caipirinha Appreciation Society - ...