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Review June 20, 2014 by Diego Olivas Chico Buarque: Construçao (1971)

Now this album, will always bar none, remain at the top of any list of best Brazilian albums ever made. Chico Buarque’s…

June 20, 2014

Review June 18, 2014 by Diego Olivas Edu Lobo: Cantiga de Longe (1970)

Remember how I said yesterday to pay attention to some of the peripheral characters during the Tropicalia documentaries? Well, today I’m going…

June 18, 2014

Review June 17, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: June 17, 2014

After yesterday’s white knuckle soccer match between the US and Ghana I needed proper time for reflection. Sometimes when a match like…

June 17, 2014

Review June 16, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: June 16, 2014

The US men’s national team plays Ghana today in the World Cup. One of the things I love about the World Cup…

June 16, 2014

Review June 15, 2014 by Diego Olivas Baden Powell e Vinicius de Moraes: Os Afro-Sambas (1966)

Some may classify what I’m going to highlight today as psychedelic or weird, I refuse to do so. Sometimes, we forget that…

June 15, 2014

Review June 14, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: June 14, 2014

Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: Joao Gilberto, whatever I say about the man won’t amount to equal the personal admiration…

June 14, 2014

Review June 12, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: June 12, 2014

Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: Guess what starts today? The World Cup of course. If ever there was a draft…

June 12, 2014

Review June 11, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day: June 11, 2014

Track of the Day: On Monday the US Soccer men’s national team descended into São Paulo kicking off their final week of…

June 11, 2014

Review June 10, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day: June 10, 2014

Another artist that truly knew his way around using Brazilian music to a different end was Michael Franks. Heavily mustachioed, more than…

June 10, 2014

Review June 9, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day: June 9, 2014

The following tracks of the day before Thursday are all preludes to my full out month long dive into Brazilian music. I…

June 9, 2014

Review June 8, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day: June 8, 2014

All good things must come to an end. My final post on DeBarge is really just a cool “best of” playlist I…

June 8, 2014

Review June 7, 2014 by Diego Olivas Track of the Day: June 7, 2014

This track, I’ll stress this again: now this track, is the one that left no doubt how important the DeBarges and El…

June 7, 2014