Tom Jobim: Matita Perê (1973)
Lightness, sweetness, and melancholia those are things that define Tom Jobim’s career. You don’t need me to regurgitate a whole Wikipedia page…
September 20, 2017
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Almir Sater: Instrumental (1988)
Something so simple as an album of 10-string viola caipira instrumentals shouldn’t sound so impressive, but leave it to Campo Grande native…
September 13, 2017
Mix: 5. Trás-os-Montes
When conceiving my latest mix all I could think about was the works of master Impressionist painters. Where other painters try to…
July 14, 2017
Mendes & Mendes: Mendes & Mendes (1982)
What’s this? Just some sweet, sweet Lusophonic magic, from the great African island nation of Cabo Verde. Music fitting that jaw-dropping album cover.…
June 6, 2017
Sonia Rosa: Samba Amour (1979)
Heady, windswept, gauzy saudade that could only come from someone like Sonia Angelica De Carvalho Rosa, are things that don’t quite reveal themselves when you hear Samba…
May 16, 2017
Flávio Venturini: Nascente (1981)
There are few albums that just put me in a special place. Flávio Venturini’s Nascente is one of them. When it’s on,…
April 4, 2017
Mix: 3. What Do You Do When It’s Spring?
In a way, rebirth is exactly what my third mix is about. Taking cues from various feelings springtime evokes, I wanted to compile a set…
March 20, 2017
Pierre Barouh: Le Pollen (1982)
News travels so quickly now that it’s hard to keep up with the cycles of life. Word of Pierre Barouh’s passing, at…
February 17, 2017
Beto Guedes: Amor De Índio (1978)
here’s always a tinge of nostalgia I feel when I play any album by a Clube Da Esquina alum. Once you hear that Minas Gerais sound, it’s…
January 30, 2017
Milton Nascimento: Clube Da Esquina 2 (1978)
At least for me, some of the most interesting albums are the ones released by artists long after their much more lauded…
November 2, 2016
Bernard Lavilliers: San Salvador (1975)
Bernard Lavilliers Now here’s a man that walked the walk and talked the talk. Today’s track of the day, the unique groove…
September 25, 2014
Jorge Ben: Bem-Vinda Amizade (1981)
As the World Cup draws to a close, so does my series of great Brazilian albums. For some of y’all this is…
July 12, 2014