Tag: Bruce Gilman
LA Choro Ensemble: Brazilian Spirit and Commitment
Every ensemble brings a different set of insights to great music, so it’s impossible ...
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 ...
Brazil’s Backland Resonance
The most penetrating Brazilian music originates in the country’s proving ground, the Northeast, in ...
Brazil’s Mercury Rising
Daniela Mercury, the "Queen of Axé" broke into stardom at the beginning of the ...
Brazil’s Emissary of Samba
Samba brings instantaneous images of Rio’s world-famous Carnaval, of fabulously decorated floats, enormous drum ...
Brazil Mehmari’s Latest Release Dances Between Themes
Pianist/composer/multi-instrumentalist André Mehmari has the rare distinction of being one of the most consistently ...
Brazil’s Choro Brotherhood
Choro, what Villa-Lobos called the integral translation of the Brazilian soul in the form ...
Brazil’s Baptista Brings a Handful of Wild Sound Cards
After numerous sanitarium sojourns, an attempted suicide, and his consequently long period of recuperation, ...
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