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Candlelight Romance Romance has been a constant in the recent albums released by Rosa Passos. Her 2001 Me and My Heart, 2003 Entre Amigos and 2006 Rosa all bear some resemblance to this latest CD. In addition to being very … Continued
A No-Nonsense Celebration During 2008 many Bossa Nova loving musicians took the opportunity to record or perform their favourite music style in honour of its 50th birthday. Also trombonist Raul de Souza can be added to that list. However, … Continued
A Stage Full of Rock Paralamas de Sucesso is without any doubt among the most famous and important bands in Brazilian rock history. The trio with Herbert Vianna (guitar, vocals), Bi Ribeiro (bass) and João Barone (drums, background vocals) … Continued
When Friendship Becomes Art When you put master musicians Gilson Peranzzetta and Mauro Senise in a recording studio, the two gentlemen turn into enthusiast guys who have the greatest fun making music together. The two long time friends know … Continued
Shared Fun The name Flávio “Teco” Padaratz won’t ring too many bells with Brazilian music lovers outside Brazil. Nevertheless, Teco is nothing less than world famous, not as a musician but as professional surfer. A very successful international career … Continued
Simply Beautiful There are vocalists who invite a phonebook full of musicians to accompany them on the recording of an album. And then there are singers who need only a few well chosen instrumentalists to come up with a … Continued
Visiting the Great Composers On Paisagem, her second album as a vocalist, the brave Cristina Braga decided to take the hard road. She chose to perform legendary Brazilian standards that already have been on the repertoire of many of … Continued
Heavenly! There are certain duet albums that will stand the test of time and will forever remain in our minds: Elis Regina & Tom Jobim’s Elis & Tom, Ney Matogrosso & Raphael Rabello’s Pescador de Pérolas, Chico Buarque & Caetano Veloso’s Chico … Continued
On-Line With Expectations It has been a while since Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (Salvador de Bahia, 1942) showed up with a studio album (Quanta, 1997). Of course, the past five years he was enthusiastically busy with his job as … Continued
US Classics with a Brazilian Touch This is not the first time that Tom Lellis tastes Brazilian music. In 2003, he released the nice Southern Exposure in which he sang some Brazilian songs by Djavan, Tom Jobim and Toninho … Continued
After two pleasing albums — Cris on the Farm (2003) and Sete Capelas (2006) — Marcos Amorim assembled a new trio for his third album for the label Adventure Music. Marcos’s artistic guitar playing is now joined by the … Continued
The Force of Samba Close to his 2007 release, New York Samba Jazz Quintet, Hendrik Meurkens wasted no time with this energetic follow-up, his 17th solo album. As the CD name implies, you can be sure you will find here … Continued
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