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Real Jazz, Really Brazilian

American audiences discovered Filó Machado’s jazzy samba and vocal pyrotechnics a few years ago, ...

Brazil’s Sounds: Niterói Grunge

Where does inspiration come from? LuÀ­s Capucho dredges his from the dark depths of ...

Landless and Just About Hopeless in Brazil

The Cedar Reservoir of Quixadá, Ceará, is one of the most beautiful spots in ...

In Iracema, Brazil, You Don’t Live, You Get By

Religion and politics to many are inseparable. I heard this often in Iracema, which ...

Messiahs, Troubadours, and Bards of Brazil

I knew I had to visit Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, as soon as I ...

Dialogue Is Dead, Say Brazilian Indians

Sluggish, aligned with contrary interests, and marked by inaction. These were some of the ...

Brazil’s Cohen in Concert in Texas

Even in  “piano town”  the fiendishly difficult “Burleske” by Richard Strauss is rarely performed, ...

UN Reviews Brazil’s Request to Extend Its Territory

The fourteenth session of the UN’s Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ...

Election in Sí£o Paulo, Brazil: Who Cares More for the Poor?

Marta Suplicy (PT) has laid out part of her second round strategy: she’s going ...

Colin Powell Visits Brazil, But Why?

I recently took the presumptuous step on behalf of the Brazilian people of inviting ...