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Urban and Folk Themes — With an astonishing opening track, Marcelo Zarvos clearly outlines his proposition for his third release: mix classical chamber music, jazz, and Brazilian themes in eight original compositions. Weaving lyricism with Brazilian folk and urban music, … Continued
Mature Freshness You could call Junio Barreto a late-developer, when he releases his first cd at age 40. His life has been about music. Born in Caruaru (Pernambuco), Junio moved to Recife first and then to São Paulo. In … Continued
A New High Fábio Torres, Paulo Paulelli and Edu Ribeiro have enjoyed separate musical careers for some time. Now, joining their talents on Corrente, they reach a new high. Torres (São Paulo, 1971) is an excellent pianist who has performed … Continued
This Is Forró! It seems that every four years or so I run across a forró album that I simply cannot stop listening to. I recall that in 1996, Elba Ramalho’s Leão do Norte did that for me. Then … Continued
Vocal Excellence! Beth Dau, Fabíola Farias, Ivan Azevedo, Márcio Monteiro, Marcus Aurélius — Five delectable voices; one stunning debut album. Vocalise’s Tudo É Coisa Musical is all about music, as its title says, and the album exhibits rare vigor … Continued
Music Is in His Family Coming from a musical family — his father is Arismar do Espírito Santo and his mother is Silvia Góes — Thiago Espírito Santo has music in his veins. Besides his work with mom and … Continued
Extremely Comfortable Zé Ramalho brings well chosen highlights from his repertoire on the live album (recorded during March 2005). He performs his classics with his characteristic enthusiasm. The band that accompanies him here is remarkably well balanced! Drummer Sandro Moreno … Continued
The Original Maria Rita And then there were two singers with the same name, Maria Rita… The first one, Maria Rita Brandão was born in 1974 in São Paulo and the second one, Maria Rita Mariano, also born in … Continued
Samba Thrust No, there was no identity crisis with Arranco de Varsóvia. The group’s first album in 1997, Quem É de Sambar, was an unforgettable debut album quickly followed with Samba de Cartolain 1998 — but with the name shortened to Arranco … Continued
A Lovely Surprise From Japan! The young Japanese singer Mio Matsuda (Akita, 1979) delivers a beautiful album with Atlântica. She developed noticeable skills in Portuguese music, both from Portugal and the Cape Verde Islands, as well as Brazil. With … Continued
A Drummer’s First Solo Album Although he began his musical education at the Zimbo Trio school playing the piano and flute, Alex Buck (São Paulo, 1980) chose the drums as his favorite instrument at 11 years old. Luz da … Continued
A Private Paradise Alaíde Costa (Rio de Janeiro, 1935) is one of Brazil’s living divas. Gifted with extraordinary voice and superb diction and phrasing, she has been making music for 50 years. To celebrate this outstanding career, she has … Continued
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