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Fluid Passion Casa de Oceano, Simone Guimarães’ fifth solo album, marks her debut in her new label, Biscoito Fino. The album concept can be summed up in the verses Simone Guimarães chose to introduce the CD. She … Continued
A Top 10 Album Here is a name you should definitely have in your CD library: Chico Pinheiro. After working with Luciana Mello, Jair Rodrigues, Pedro Mariano and Danilo Caymmi, among others, Pinheiro released his first solo album in … Continued
No Room for Doubt Sometimes it’s surprising when an instrumentalist releases a solo album. Lui Coimbra is a good example of such a surprise. For decades the Rio born cellist was a remarkably well talented musician, accompanying great singers such … Continued
A Brazilian Soul I am convinced that the only requirement one needs to play Brazilian music and assure audiences that what they hear is authentic is a Brazilian soul. Kimson Plaut’s Ubatuba validates my statement beyond any doubts. Ubatuba, … Continued
A Music Sensation Here is another music sensation from Brazil. Karnak is bound to redefine what is new in Brazilian popular music. With a genre that is truly undefinable and with influences from all corners of the Earth, Karnak … Continued
Brazilian-Style Christmas It still surprises me that in a country with such Christmas traditions as Brazil has, there are not many recordings with holiday music. Even after Simone released her successful 25 de Dezembro in 1995, recording labels did … Continued
A Traditional Brazilian Christmas Are you looking for a very traditional Christmas music album? Do you like old recordings? The label Revivendo is responsible for the restoration and release of classic Brazilian music such as this compilation, Feliz Natal. … Continued
Daring and Unique Two artists, two styles. Together, Clarisse Grova and Felipe Radicetti have released Superlisa, an album featuring Grova’s and Radicetti’s music along with one classic Dolores Duran song. Grova’s previous work was the critically acclaimed Novos Traços (1997), … Continued
Christmas South of the Equator If you have ever wondered what it is like to spend Christmas in the southern hemisphere, where it is summer in December, then you know what to expect from A Brasilian Christmas. This … Continued
An Emerging Talent Born and raised in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, Célia Porto is an emerging talent with three albums under her belt. After recording songs by Legião Urbana (Célia Porto Canta Legião Urbana, 1996), Porto decided to record original … Continued
Great Follow-up Back in April of 2001, I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with Ronaldo Folegatti’s music via two of his albums, Mazy Tales and Anjos & Estrelas. Shaking our musical perception of his work, Folegatti’s latest album is … Continued
Expanding Horizons Of all the things Japan, the U.S. and Brazil have in common, Minaswing stands out with its nice combination of talent and vitality. The band, formed by Silvio Anastacio (guitar, lead vocal), Paulo Cesar Gomes (piano, … Continued
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