Caetano Veloso: Transa (1972)
Language, Man, what a barrier. Personally, this is what has always created issues for me (and I imagine other people). Since a…
June 22, 2014
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Milton Nascimento Featuring Lo Borges: Clube Da Esquina (1972)
If anything shows the true diversity of Brazilian music its Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges’ “Clube da Esquina”, released in 1972. Another…
June 21, 2014
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Joyce: Clareana (1976)
I begrudgingly love to wake up early. For me, its one of the few times of the day when the world gives…
May 4, 2014