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Red Hot compilation promotes Aids awareness through tropicália

5628 days ago
Guardian Music — The series which started with Cole Porter covers recognises Brazil's recognition as 'a major force in world affairs'In 1989, Leigh Blake and John Carlin were just two friends with a dream. In response to the effect of the Aids epidemic on NYC's artis... more info

Gil and Caetano are imprisoned

5630 days ago
Guardian Music — 27 December 1986: Number 29 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music1968 was a year of political upheaval in Brazil, with a soundtrack provided by a new musical movement, tropicalia, headed by Gilberto Gil and Caetano... more info

Marconi Notaro and others: Psychedelic Pernambuco – review

5650 days ago
Guardian Music — Mr BongoRecife, the capital of Brazil's Pernambuco state, has never enjoyed the status or publicity of Salvador or Rio, but it's one of the country's great music centres. A port city famous for its African-influenced maracatu styles and the wild fusi... more info

Erwin Schrott: Rojotango – review

5664 days ago
Guardian Music — Schrott/Ziegler(Sony)Charismatic Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott is one of opera's great theatrical animals. His artistry doesn't always transfer ideally to disc, however, and his new Latin American album is a mixed bag. Care and passion have c... more info

Beirut Debut Songs In Virginia

5665 days ago
Stereogum — A couple of nights ago (5/9), Zach Condon and band, who we last saw covering Caetano Veloso, performed two new songs at Norfolk, Virginia’s the NorVa. It was the first night of their current tour. One of the tracks is called “Sante Fe,” after C... more info

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

5692 days ago
Guardian Music — Sometimes the meaning of a song is communicated not with words or explanation, but through the magic of the music itselfOne cold spring in St Petersburg many years ago, my Russian exchange partner asked me to write out all of the lyrics to the Cranb... more info

Som Imaginario :: (Self-Titled)

5701 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — This was Som Imaginario’s (Imaginary Sound) debut album from 1970; a Brazilian band that often backed the great Milton Nascimento just as Os Mutantes had backed Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso on their early albums. In fact, this album could be see... more info

Tulipa – review

5705 days ago
Guardian Music — Momo, LondonTulipa is a young singer-songwriter from São Paulo who has all the makings of the next major Brazilian celebrity, thanks to her songs and her powerful stage presence. The MPB (Popular Brazilian Music) scene has produced a series of highl... more info

Beirut – “O Leãozinho”

5707 days ago
Stereogum — John Legend, Os Mutantes, Devendra Banhart, Caetano Veloso, Dirty Projectors, Seu Jorge, Beck, Bebel Gilberto, José Gonzales, Beirut, Tom Zé, Of Montreal, Gogol Bordello, Javelin, Madlib, Brazilian Girls, St. Vincent, and Neon Indian are among the ... more info

sunday morning updates

5745 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Freaks in the Wild - Wouldn't It Be Strange If... (2010) - Review + Free Download http://myindiemusicblog.blogspot.com Sakalli said... National Health - Of Queues And Cures (1978) (@256) Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 25 (Live 197... more info

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