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Caetano’s Primer

Live in Bahia serves as a good introduction to Caetano’s current repertoire. This record ...

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Bondo Wyszpolski

40 Years Off Key

That’s Bossa Nova It’s Quite Natural How did bossa nova start? It would be ...

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Kirsten Weinoldt

Cae & Gil 120 Years of Sound

The partnership between Caetano and Gil is one of the most fertile and lasting ...

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Kirsten Weinoldt

Rio Is Carnaval

He opens the door and makes a face in disgust, as if someone else ...

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Brazzil Magazine

Kiss of the Spider Monkey

By Brazzil Magazine In Brazil everything ‘dances’—the palm trees, the ocean, the verdant mountains. ...

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Bondo Wyszpolski

Daúde She Must Be Good

It was a magic night at Canecão in Rio. In the audience the likes ...

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Kirsten Weinoldt

Nightmarein White

The newest Nobel Prize in Literature, Portuguese writer José Saramago has just released another ...

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Bondo Wyszpolski

Toying With History

Anthropologist and Senator Darcy Ribeiro died on February 17. He was considered by most ...

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Bondo Wyszpolski

The Thrill of Eating

The cascade of demises begins after Daniel meets Lucídio,  a man of apparent refinement ...

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Bondo Wyszpolski

Art and Intrigue

Although the book reads well and Rubem Fonseca deserves to be better known in ...

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Bondo Wyszpolski