Various Artists – Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil (World Music Network RGNET1188CD, 2007) Brazil is one of those countries, like Cuba and Mali…
An Updated Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil
Tag: Brazilian music
Rob Curto’s Forró For All tours Midwest in June 2007
New York City Brazilian music group Rob Curto’s Forró For All will be touring the Midwestern United States in June 2007. They will be featured…
Carla’s Vocal Artistry
Carla Hassett – Quero Saber (Paulista Records, 2006) Brazil seems to have an endless supply of great musicians. Carla Rigolin Hassett is yet another name…
An Interview with Composer and Conductor Vince Mendoza
World Music Central interviewed composer and conductor Vince Mendoza coinciding with his December 1 concert with Brazilian guitarist and composer Guinga and the LA Philharmonic.…
Brazilian Music Recommendations for the Holidays
Singer and keyboardist Eliane Elias’ entrancing style combines Brazilian rhythms with world music, funk, electronica and pop elements. On Around the City, Elias presents some…
Exploring Her Brazilian Roots
Flora Purim – Flora’s Song (Narada Jazz, 70876-19349-2-2, 2005) Blurring the lines between jazz and world music, Flora’s Song proves yet again that Flora Purim…
The Rough Guide To The Music Of Rio De Janeiro
San Francisco (California), USA – The Rough Guide’s latest release is The Rough Guide To The Music Of Brazil: Rio De Janeiro (RGNET1157CD). It’s a…
Brazilian Percussionist Dom Um Romão Dies at 79
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Brazilian drummer and percussionist Dom Um Romão died July 27 in Rio de Janeiro, at age 79. The pioneering percussionist…
Putumayo’s Acoustic Brazil
“If Márcio Faraco lived in Brazil he would probably be very famous,” says Putumayo producer Jacob Edgar, who with Putumayo founder Dan Storper compiled the…
Favourites. 60 years on, an anthology of the great Brazilian Poet Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque – Favourites. 60 years on (Wrasse Records Wrass112) People often talk of Caetano as the Dylan of Brazil. But if this is true…