Jovino Santos: Brazilian Survival of the Hippest
Pianist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Jovino Santos Neto falls into that select group of musicians ...
Music: Brazil’s Latest Export Product
Brazil wants to show its beat. If this is the country of music, why ...
Forró, the Northeast’s Uncouth Sound That Won Brazil’s Southeast Elite
The rediscovery and conversion of Northeastern music to a commanding pop posture is one ...
Brazil’s Musical Jedi
There are few flautists who come close to matching Carlos Malta’s brilliance, his coloristic ...
Duduka Da Fonseca: Brazilian Beauty Re-dressed
Stylistically, Duduka Da Fonseca has always been his own man, an exceptionally versatile and ...
Carmen: The Unhappy Hollywood Life of Brazil’s Shiniest Star Ever
Carmen Miranda died 50 years ago at the age of 46. The most celebrated ...
Brazil’s Backland Resonance
The most penetrating Brazilian music originates in the country’s proving ground, the Northeast, in ...
Brazil’s Northeast Is a Big Open-Air Forró Party
Noise pollution laws don’t exist in the northeast of Brazil. Beginning every night at ...
Chico of Brazil: The World Has Been Touched by His Magic Words and Songs
Chico Buarque de Hollanda was born in Rio, but spent part of his childhood ...
Jovino mission: to spread Hermeto Pascoal
Seattle-based Jovino Santos Neto has one mission: make Hermeto Pascoal musical genius known to ...
