Marcos Valle: Vontade de Rever Você (1981)
I remember funk Fridays. Anyway, its been a while since I posted a truly funky album. No sweat, Marcos Valle’s Vontade de…
July 11, 2014
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Lô Borges: Best of Playlist (1972-1981)
Now this, this is an artist I wish more people would know of outside of Brazil. Lo Borges, if I would look…
July 10, 2014
Tom Zé: Correio da Estação do Brás (1978)
Another shot I’ve been holding off in my Brazilian month reviews is Tom Ze. Once, the most forgotten of Brazil’s first wave…
July 9, 2014
Gilberto Gil: Refavela (1977)
I know I’ve been holding my Gilberto Gil shot for a while. If, anyone has some cursory knowledge of Brazilian music they’re…
July 8, 2014
Joyce: Passarinho Urbano (1976)
Now this is a personal favorite of mine. Joyce isn’t the perfect Brazilian artist to herald. Her career swung so back and…
July 6, 2014
Burnier & Cartier: Fotos Para a Capa Do (1976)
200 years after America’s independence, Burnier & Cartier released this jaw dropping brilliant piece of Brazilian acoustic guitar-based music. “Fotos Para a…
July 5, 2014
Tim Maia: Racional Vol. 1 (1975)
Tim Maia Released in 1975, “Racional Vol. 1” by Tim Maia is just a banging album. Tim Maia, by then, had always…
July 2, 2014
Marcos Valle: Previsao do Tempo (1973)
Here’s another monument to joy, Marcos Valle’s “Previsao do Tempo”, released in 1973 at the height of military dictatorship’s grip on power…
June 30, 2014
Jorge Ben: A Tabua de Esmeralda (1974)
Spiritualism, metaphysics, mysticism, inner/outer worlds, futbol and alchemy…all of the play a role during the world cup for a lot of fans…and…
June 29, 2014
Edu Lobo: Missa Breve (1973)
Edu Lobo in the ’70s. I kind of hate that I’m posting this album by Edu Lobo, “Missa Breve” released in 1973,…
June 28, 2014
Milton Nascimento: Milagre dos Peixes (1973)
Words can’t describe how awesome it was that the US was able to advance to the next round of the World Cup,…
June 27, 2014
Secos e Molhados: Secos e Molhados (1973)
Now here’s a group that got it. Blessed by the astounding voice of Ney Matogrosso (who eerily sounds a lot like Gal…
June 26, 2014