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I’m Glad to Report I Got the Brazilian Music Bug

I must confess that almost a decade ago when I moved to New York, ...

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Ernest Barteldes
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Brazilian Minstrel-Minister Gil Gets Sillicon Valley Audition

After giving a lecture at MIT, Brazil's musician minister Gilberto Gil went to Silicon ...

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Clara Angelica Porto
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The Big Bang of Brazilian Pop Music, Tropicália, Turns 40

It was exactly 40 years ago that the musical revolution that came to be ...

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Marcelo Ballvé
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Brazil Says Farewell to Rogí©rio Duprat, Tropicí¡lia’s Maestro

Rogério Duprat, the maestro and arranger of the 60’s Tropicália and one of the ...

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Alessandra Dalevi
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The Red Flag-Waving Throngs Are Back in Brazil for Lula’s Reelection

The crowd rushed toward the helicopter as it landed in the nearby field. As ...

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Jared Goyette
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We Don’t Want Your Money, Mr. Bush, Says Brazil

Brazil rejected 48 million dollars from the US to use in AIDS programs. The ...

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Clara Angelica Porto
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