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Brazil’s Most American Crooner Dick Farney is without doubt a colourful person in the history of Brazilian popular music. His musical choice, a mix of Brazilian and American standards, made him an exceptional crooner. Born as Farnésio Dutra e Silva … Continued
To João, With Love An unabashed tribute to her idol João Gilberto, Amorosa is Rosa Passos’s latest work. Still hot on the trails of her successfully acclaimed 2003 collaboration with Ron Carter (Entre Amigos), Passos selected gems from the João … Continued
Milton Nascimento Revisited on Piano and Acoustic Guitar Right on the heels of receiving a Latin Grammy nomination for his Noite Clara 2003 release (Adventure Music AM 1003 2), Ricardo Silveira is releasing a live recording with Luiz Avellar (piano) … Continued
Paradise Found The first time I heard Pamela Driggs was in Brasília’s album River Wide (Kokoppelli Records KOKO 1304, 1995). Brasília was based in New Mexico and included, besides Driggs, her husband Romero Lubambo on guitars, Phil Markowitz and Phil … Continued
Colors of the Dawn, Sea and Backlands In 1995 Leandro released A Cor Mais Bonita (already on CD). Initially released independently, the CD soon received national distribution via Kuarup. In addition to that, Leandro was also featured in … Continued
Tropical Landscape Enchantment After 7 long years away from the recording studio, Eugênio Leandro released Castelo Encantado. In addition to old partners such as Oswald Barroso, Leandro also recorded other contemporary names with a strong presence in the music … Continued
The Windmills of Leandro’s Mind In 1990 Leandro released the album Catavento and got noticed as one of the best singers of Brazilian northeastern music. He traveled throughout Brazil and also Portugal, Germany and France. His previous collaborator … Continued
With special guests Jacques Morelenbaum and Mauro Senise In 1986 Eugênio Leandro released the album Além das Frentes during a national meeting of medical students in Fortaleza. The initial release was 6,000 copies. In 1990, the album had already … Continued
A Homage to Indigenous Music Brazilian indigenous music is probably something that most people would have very little exposure to it. Except for field recordings, not many artists venture into that category. Names such as Marlui Miranda are not … Continued
Another Gem! Brazilian music seems to have a very strong feminine presence, especially when it comes to performers. Ask any Brazilian about their favorite singers and song writers, and the answers will likely include more feminine than masculine voices. … Continued
Infective Côco During the past decades, world music, including Brazilian music, enormously gained popularity in Europe. More often you also hear a band formed with local musicians, adopting sounds from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Sometimes guest musicians are … Continued
Indispensable! Back in 1999, the state of affairs of Brazilian popular music was not very exciting. If one considers the number of live albums that came out that year alone, it is easy to conclude that releasing original studio … Continued
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