A Short History Axé Music in Salvador, Bahia |
The recipe was simple but unique: add jazz-like solos to Afro-Brazilian percussion and lay over a simple melody. What's noteworthy about this music is not the harmony and lyrics but the melody and rhythm.
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The Carnaval of Bahia: “From the Inside Looking Out” |
Carnival scenes from Salvador, Bahia, by photographer and scholar Piers Armstrong from an exhibition at the Museum of Cultural Diversity in Los Angeles, California.
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José Guedes: Turning the Periphery on Its Head |
An abstract painting? Guess again. How about a puddle in a Fortaleza pothole?
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Art Crawl: Flávio Emanuel |
This "artist-scientist" from Pernambuco claims people like biologist Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard ant specialist, as influences.
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Romance do Homem que Enganou a Morte no Reino da Mocidade |
Um cordel.
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Cordel by Numbers: Basics of Brazilian Chapbooks |
The lowdown on the popular chapbooks of the Northeast by a noted Brazilian writer, composer, scholar and cordel author.
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| João Primo: São Luís do Maranhão (1998) |
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