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Musical Images of Brazil’s Interior Brazil is huge. Quite an obvious observation of course, but after listening to this album by Conversa Ribeira, one is confronted with that fact in an impressive way. Samba, bossa, forró, axé, choro, name … Continued
A Delightful Collaboration On De Senhores, Baronesas, Botos, Urubus, Cabritos e Ovelhas, the creativity of À Deriva continues to be the main feature. This time they opted for a collaboration with guitarist Cau Karam to expand their creative horizon. … Continued
The Perfect João Bosco It all started for João Bosco in 1972 with a “Disco de Bolso” (pocket record). As an extra, the music magazine O Pasquim (Rio de Janeiro) offered its readers a free single with each issue … Continued
An Interesting Meeting When pianist Benjamim Taubkin plays the first notes on this album, it’s clear that we can expect a set of lyrical and inspired music. With a warm feeling he starts wandering around through the chords of the … Continued
Samba in a Jazz Tradition Jamba is what you get if you mix jazz with samba. The recipe is simple: take a few good sambas, perform them in a jazzy way and add some spices. But don’t underestimate the … Continued
Beautiful Freedom With their fourth album the guys from À Deriva once again show their originality and their drive for innovation. The band is together in the same line-up ever since their self-titled debut album in 2006. And that shows. It’s a fact … Continued
Going Her Own Way With Pra Mim Você É Lindo Katia Bronstein (Rio, 1965) is back in the Musicland. We had to do without a new cd for about 5 years; it’s good to hear her again. Right away, Katia’s warm voice and … Continued
Unpretentious Craftsmanship Pianist Kenny Barron and Brazilian Music — the two go well together. Kenny’s love for Latin Music was fueled by working with Dizzy Gillespie (on, among others, Jambo Caribe in 1964 and The Melody Lingers On from 1966 on which they … Continued
Impressive Not too many musicians will get away with it: releasing a CD that not even reaches the length of thirty minutes. Leave it to Vinícius Cantuária to do so. It must have got something to do with the continuous … Continued
From a Classical Point of View The Duo Corcova is from Holland. Jeroen Hobbel and Laura van de Woord are its two members, both classical trained musicians: Jeroen on the acoustic guitar and Laura on the violin. Laura van de Woord had … Continued
The Story of a Brazilian in the USA During the time he lived in the USA, guitarist, composer Ricardo Silveira(Rio de Janeiro, 1956) gained quite some success in the fusion-jazz scene. Ricardo studied at the Berklee College of Music … Continued
Easily Meeting the Expectations The career of singer, composer and guitarist Moraes Moreira started way back in 1968 with the first appearance of the band Novos Baianos. The band from Bahia gained success with their mix of psychedelic rock with … Continued
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