Carioca Fernanda has won Brazil
After being the disco queen for a generation of teens in the 80’s Fernanda ...
A tribute to Tom Jobim
I walked down 56th Street and turned left. Carnegie Hall was majestic with flags ...
Brazil Strings and Wind Get World Respect
Brazilian musical instruments have accelerated their rhythm of export. Last year, sector foreign sales ...
Marlene, at 80, Still Singing Different
Vitória Bonaiutti de Martino was born in São Paulo 80 years ago today. In ...
Brazil’s Globetrotting Romeu Silva
The prominent bandleader Romeu Silva (1893”“1958) began as a saxophone player. As an 18-year ...
Brazil: Lalá, to the Rescue of MPB
“No Rancho Fundo,” a Brazilian immortal song, known by all and still recorded today, ...
Brazil’s Sacramento: Memorable Sound
Marcos Sacramento made his first major statement as a solo artist in 1994 with ...
Brazil’s Praça Onze: Samba and Maxixe Were Born Here
Has there ever been a public space in Brazil more emblematic than Praça Onze ...
Brazil’s Onze de Junho: A Place Popular in Song
On 11 June 1865, the Brazilian navy, engaged in the Triple Alliance War against ...
If It Is Brazil, It Has to Be Music
It is still time to remember both the first centenary of Ary Barroso’s birth ...
