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Impressive Progression It took a while before the large audience appreciated the exceptional talent of Zélia Cristina Duncan Gonçalves Moreira. Zélia’s career was built up slowly, partly because the singer/lyricist/composer from Niterói (1964) is not the person to search … Continued
Universal Music After three albums in Portuguese, Josee Koning decided to try another concept. It sounds rather complicated, but the result is superb. What happened? Lennaert Nijgh was one of the most important lyricists in The Netherlands. Together with … Continued
A New Voice in BRock When Nila Branco was 15 years old, she and her sister moved from Abaeté (Minas Gerais) to Goiânia (capital of the state Goiás; 210 km southwest of Brasília) to study and to work. With … Continued
Continuing on the Road of Success The last studio recording from Kid Abelha, Surf, dates from 2001. The sound was dominated by the use of electronic percussion. The following Acústico MTV album showed that the group sounds more mature … Continued
Só Deixo Meu Coração na Mão de Quem Pode Concert Review When you go to a concert, you usually know what to expect. However, sometimes you go to a concert wondering what the music sounds like when performed “live on … Continued
A Seductive Voice in Contemporary Music Mylene Pires is a singer, pianist, composer and lyricist from Rio de Janeiro. In 2003 she was among the finalists for Brazil’s prestigious Prêmio Visa award (the composer’s edition). It was then that … Continued
Fruitful Combinations After listening to this album, Fruto, it is hard to understand how it is possible that the name of Heloísa Fernandes is so unknown. She is an incredible pianist, an outstanding jazz musician with a marvelous taste … Continued
Progressive Art When talking about Brazilian music, people very often mention Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Salvador de Bahia as the most important cities. Of course, these cities are very important in the history of Brazilian music, but … Continued
An Improved Sound This is Fernanda Porto’s second solo release. After the 105,000 copies selling drum’n’bass influenced Fernanda Porto, the talented multi-instrumentalist is taking her music one step further. Where on the first album the drum’n’bass formed the basis … Continued
Remembering… This is an album that serves the memory of two outstanding musicians who passed away much too soon. The first is Victor Assis Brasil, the legendary young Brazilian saxophonist. Born in 1945 and brother of classical pianist João … Continued
Musical Momentos Some musicians look back on (part of) their career by touring around with a greatest hits show. Torcuato Mariano decided to do it a bit different: in the form of a diary. The music was not picked … Continued
Music and Poetry Raimundo Fagner Cândido Lopes, or in short Fagner, enjoys a long career in which he covers a wide variety of musical styles: rock, romantic ballads, forró, other styles from Brazil’s northeast, commercial pop — Fagner doesn’t … Continued
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