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New Wiz Strikes Again With each new album Jovino Santos Neto releases, he continues his amazing trajectory to solidify his position as a first-rate Brazilian instrumentalist, and at the same time he stays close to his roots as … Continued
Brazilian Music Digest Is it possible to summarize a century of Brazilian music in one hundred recordings? After reading André Domingues’s enjoyable book Os 100 Melhores CDs da MPB (The 100 Best CDs in Brazilian Music), you might just think … Continued
An Emotionally Charged Carnaval It was during Carnaval in 1998 that pianist Carlos Fuchs and singer Marcos Sacramento decided to lock themselves up in an apartment in Rio’s Flamengo neighbourhood to record the tracks of this album. If finances … Continued
Saving the Amazon Although it’s an important ingredient in Brazilian music, there’s still little attention paid to the music that comes from the Amazon region. Iva Rothe is one of those treasures from Belém Here we have another one: … Continued
A Touch of Class Though the acoustic guitar has a special place in Brazilian music and has some remarkable performers — Dilermando Reis, Garoto, Guinga, Marco Pereira, Raphael Rabello, Ricardo Silveira, Romero Lubambo and many others — one cannot forget the importance of … Continued
Samba in Disguise One of the most popular bands in the pop history of Porto Alegre is no doubt Nenhum de Nós. Since 1986 this band earned success with their music that’s influenced by the English and North American … Continued
The Final Curtain? Some rock bands are able to live a long life. Os Paralamas de Sucesso (1981) and Barão Vermelho (1981) are among those rock monuments in Brazil. But as for Barão Vermelho, that maybe won’t last … Continued
Starting Well Sometimes good things do come from very unexpected places. Take, for example, the TV show Fama from Globo TV in Brazil. The show is similar to American Idol in which contestants struggle for a chance to make … Continued
Brazil from the Inside Some songs have the power to stay in our hearts and minds long after we first hear them. Those songs mark a moment, make you think of someone special or touch you in more ways than … Continued
Pure Art Nearly five years ago, Maria do Céu released Choros do Ceará, a captivating album with music by Cearense composer Francisco Soares de Souza (Quixadá, CE, 1907 – Fortaleza, CE, 1986). Finding Souza’s music was one of those … Continued
Worth Its Wait Some good things in life are indeed like best kept secrets. For example, Cartola, the famous Mangueira composer, had many of his compositions recorded by other artists, but his first full solo release only happened in … Continued
At Last! Some things are worth waiting for almost a lifetime. EmCantos Geraes is a perfect example. With a repertoire rich with the Minas Gerais musical tradition, this album deserves wider recognition. Recorded in the historical Estúdio Maestro Alceo … Continued