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Brazil Meets Italy — Closing 2024, I got news of an upcoming new release by Mafalda Minnozzi. Her new album will be in stores on February 7, 2025: Riofonic. Produced by Paul Ricci and recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Riofonic … Continued
A Magical Christmas Under the Southern Cross — Nothing says Christmastime any better than lying on a beach in Rio de Janeiro in the middle of December and listening to the husband/wife team Romero Lubambo and Pamela Driggs. Don’t panic … Continued
Back on Track It has been a long time (2016) since we heard from Josee Koning here on MúsicaBrasileira. The singer from the beautiful city of Haarlem (Holland) shows up again with an album that collects beauty and originality. Josee … Continued
Brazilian Twist on Cole Porter Classics — Just in time to heat things for your summer listening pleasure, producer/composer/arranger/pianist Antonio Adolfo releases a beautiful new album. A year ago, I wrote about the fantastic Bossa 65 album. Now, here comes … Continued
An On-Going Romance with Brazil A Kiss for Brazil is not Karrin Allyson’s first incursion into Brazilian music. I would not need to list her previous albums here to convince you she truly has an affinity for the Brazilian songbook. … Continued
Ballads — In addition to the short overview I wrote about Yana Purim’s discography, I’m happy to include Depois do Amor. Yana Purim, indeed, the sister of… (yeah, you guessed it!), comes up with a beautifully arranged album of wonderful … Continued
Crafting Memorable Songs — Back in January 2020, I wrote a brief review of Cláudia Villela‘s 2019 album Encantada Live. Through the years, we have been following her career on and off with a few reviews of her discography, including … Continued
— Isn’t it wonderful when a Christmas gift lands in your hands in late Spring? Well, that has been the case with these two releases I cover here. They are summer cool as a refreshing glass of lemonade on a … Continued
On June 23, 2023, two new and noteworthy albums will be released. If that is what the rest of the year will be like, it’ll be a good year for Brazilian music. For now, listeners can check out their favorite … Continued
Continuing the High Standard — Dan Costa’s name circulates already for quite a while here on our pages. The pianist/composer from London, Great Britain (1989), made great impressions with his albums Suíte Três Rios (2016), Skyness (2018), and Live in … Continued
Continuing Their Musical Trip Through Brazilian Music — Time flies… It was in 2012 that I had the pleasure of informing about an unusual duo that surprised in the nicest way with their debut album. Duo Corcova, from Holland, with … Continued
80??? — On a personal note, together with her husband Airto Moreira, Flora Purim introduced me to Brazilian music. That makes them both kind of special to me. In Chick Corea’s band, the first version of Return to Forever, they … Continued