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 […]
Samba
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Gorgeous Rio Carnival
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 […]
Street Carnival
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 […]
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 […]