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High Expectations Milton Nascimento’s highly anticipated album Nascimento finally reached the world market on June 10, 1997. Initially scheduled for an earlier street date, Nascimento was delayed because of a documentary that Warner Bros. wanted to release about Milton … Continued
All Music and No Noise Originally released in Brazil at the end of 1996 as a two-CD set, Marisa Monte’s A Great Noise (Barulhinho Bom was the title in Portuguese) is available as a single CD in the international … Continued
A Fundamental Recording As cartas de amor, se há amor, têm de ser ridículas. (Love letters, if there is love, must be ridiculous – from Álvaro de Campos’s poem “Todas as Cartas de Amor São”) Carnegie Hall, Saturday, … Continued
Contemplative Originally recorded in 2000 as a limited release for a fundraising effort to the Nossa Senhora da Purificação church, Cânticos, Preces, Súplicas à Senhora dos Jardins do Céu is both typically Maria Bethânia and different from anything she … Continued
Passionate Renditions Released in Brazil in the fall of 1996, Maria Bethânia’s Âmbar received world-wide distribution through MetroBlue. This CD marked Bethânia’s 50th birthday and followed her two previous best-selling CDs and video production of a Canecão show in … Continued
Magnificent! I often think that what makes a song Brazilian goes beyond melody, instrumentation, and rhythm. There is also that special Brazilian way, the jeitinho brasileiro, to capture music and make it distinctly Brazilian. Furthermore, there are lyrics. Yes, … Continued
Brazilian Music in Israel Brazilian music truly covers the globe. We’ve all heard of Brazilian music being made in all corners of the world, but I guess there was one corner almost overlooked. I found that out when I … Continued
A Superlative Album! A superlative album! It is nearly impossible to describe the repertoire quality and performances in this release. More than a collection of hits (all new recordings), Sou Eu is arguably Simone’s best album. Singing old … Continued
Ballads and Sambas An excellent production showing two strong sides of Simone’s: ballads and sambas. Chiquinho de Moraes’s and Luizinho Avelar’s polished arrangements give new treatment to classic and new MPB songs. Among the special guests featured we … Continued
For the Latin World This first release in the Hispanic market finally brought together Simone and Pablo Milanés. If you recall it, she has already recorded him a few times. Having previously done two recordings of “Yolanda” in … Continued
Fifth Spanish-Language Album Simone’s highly anticipated fifth release in Spanish was disappointing. Production was full of ups and downs, and the final result was weak. The Spanish version of Willie Nelson’s “Crazy,” which gives the release its title, … Continued
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