Guardian Music — Last time was all about avian anthems. Now we want to canvass your votes for this week's candidatesIt would be fitting, though impossible, to reduce the last thread to a tweet. After the relative disappointment of the previous week it was full to bur... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Chris La Putt DOWNLOAD: Caetano Veloso - Sem Cais (MP3) "Brazilian pop luminary Caetano Veloso has been called the Bob Dylan of Brazil, and if you're familiar with his celebrated body of work and his revered... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — LCD Soundsystem @ Studio B in 2007 tonight in NYC * Mike Birbiglia @ Caroline's * Questlove (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl * Caetano Veloso @ Terminal 5 * "The John Oates Party" @ Canal Room * Janelle Monae @ Highline... more info

Guardian Music — Geoffrey Cannon writes: Charlie Gillett (obituary, 18 March) opened the ears of British listeners to world music. In 1972 I finished a four-year stint as the Guardian's first rock'n'roll columnist, knowing nothing about the non-English speaking scen... more info

All About Jazz — An Evening With Brazilian Superstar Caetano Veloso Monday, April 12 at The Orpheum Theatre Veloso's New CD: Zii e Zie "The Brazilian master remains in a league of his own. Forty years after injecting a rock beat into Brazilian pop (and earning ... more info

All About Jazz — Caetano Veloso is one of the greatest songwriters of the century: a master melodist, a lyricist who merges surreal imagery with a sense of history and a sense of humor, a singer whose voice radiates tenderness and supple swing and a musician who conn... more info

All About Jazz — For the Brazilian musical idol Gilberto Gil, the cultural always is the political -- and vice versa. It has been that way since the 1960s, when Gil and several artistic comrades were imprisoned and driven into London exile by Brazil's ruling milit... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Holly Miranda @ Other Music (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Holly Miranda will headline Bowery Ballroom on May 26th. Tickets are on sale. Tickets are on sale for the CAETANO VELOSO show at Terminal 5. Tickets are on sale for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brazilian guitar legend Caetano Veloso will comes to the US for six shows this April. The first will be at NYC's Terminal 5 on Thurday, April 8th. Tickets are on AmEx presale now. General sale starts Friday, February 19th... more info

Live Daily — Full tour, album expected after California shows Legendary Brazilian singer/songwriter Caetano Veloso has announced two US bookings--the San Francisco Jazz festival and the 5,700-seat Greek Theatre in Los Angeles--but those are expected to be the ... more info