Defining Brazilian Popular Music (MPB) |
A few months ago while performing in the New York area, I encountered an interesting challenge as I tried to explain Brazilian Popular Music to non-Brazilians. Every time I casually introduced myself as a composer of Brazilian Popular Music, I was faced with a blank look and the question, “What exactly is Brazilian popular Music?” A gringo musician gets a grip on MPB.
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BrazilMax Radio: Guest Braulio Tavares |
Playlists and links for our two part program featuring writer and composer Braulio Tavares.
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BrazilMax Radio Program One: Guest Flávio Guimarães |
Playlist and links for the inaugural program of BrazilMax Radio, featuring special guest Flávio Guimarães.
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Biennial Festival of Brazilian Contemporary Music 2005 |
During this year’s edition of the Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea, younger composers, in their twenties and thirties, were prominent on the stage and in the audiences. Read reviews of the “ten full-to-bursting evening concerts” by musician and critic Tom Moore.
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Cordel: The Backlands of Conselheiro of Euclides and Gereba |
A cordel in tribute to Euclides da Cunha’s book Rebellion in the Backlands and Gereba’s CD Canudos
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Flutist Laura Rónai Serenades the Country of the Future with Music of the Past |
Although raven-haired Laura Rónai is only in her forties, early music and classical flute in Rio de Janeiro would not be what they are today without her nurturing influence.
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