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<title>Stan Getz</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[So unique was Stan Getz's saxophone sound that his solo on "Early Autumn" catapulted him to stardom in 1948 (his tone was so unique that he was nicknamed "The Sound" and even Coltrane wished he could play like him). Getz was at first influenced by Lester Young (and he was deservedly famous for the way he played ballads) but he quickly fell under bop's spell and his disarming versatility that enabled him to shine in Swing, Cool, or Avant-Garde jazz contexts. Just as his popularity was beginning to wane in the early 1960s, he scored massive hits with his Bossa Nova work, introducing the sultry South American-derived rhythms to a global audience. Getz remained on top for the rest of his life.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Sergio Mendes</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the leading lights of bossa nova's crossover into America, Sergio
Mendes came of age in an era when Tom Jobim and JoÃÂ£o Gilberto were leading
Brazil towards international acclaim, and jazz musicians from around the
world were flocking to the South American country for the "new sound of
bossa nova." Heavily influenced by Jobim, Mendes was the best-selling
Brazilian artist in the United States by the mid-1960s. His music took a
turn toward light jazz, and Mendes explored numerous pop hits of the era in
that idiom, including the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" and Simon and
Garfunkle's "Scarborough Fair."
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Astrud Gilberto</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Astrud's singularly pure and almost vibrato-less voice has the ability to send chills down your spine, whether she's singing in English or Portuguese. Bursting on the scene from nowhere in the mid-1960s, Gilberto won the world over (and a Grammy, as well) with her smooth rendition of "The Girl From Ipanema." Having previously been Joao Gilberto's translator, wife and assistant, Astrud caught the ear of Stan Getz with her impromptu home performances of Joao's (and Antonio Carlos Jobim's) laid-back Brazilian songs. Before moving on to Disco-influenced Funk in the '70s, Astrud's luscious vocals graced the arrangements and recordings of Jobim, Getz, Don Sebesky and Gil Evans, among others. Do yourself a favor: find a loved one and a bottle of wine and relax by the fire to some of the best Bossa Nova ever recorded.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Bebel Gilberto</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The daughter of innovative Bossa Nova guitarist Joao Gilberto and Brazilian singer Miucha, Bebel Gilberto definitely has strong musical genes. Graced with a clean, throaty voice that exudes a relaxed sexiness, she is equally comfortable singing in Portuguese and English. Early in her career, she worked with Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque (her uncle), David Byrne and Arto Lindsay. Lately, techno-sophisticated producer Suba has helped her develop an unpretentious modern sound based around Bossa Nova. Maintaining the primacy of the acoustic guitar in a jazz/bossa style, Gilberto and Suba add cool organ sounds, tight kit drumming, Brazilian percussion, funky basslines, and tasteful Soul horn hooks. Unobtrusive electronic treatments wander in and out, marking Gilberto's recordings with a hip, modern sensibility. Exquisitely warm sensuality well-suited for dance, romance, or ambiance.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Antonio Carlos Jobim</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:07:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A gentle force of nature, Antonio Carlos Jobim loved the way that Joao Gilberto tamed the Samba into Bossa Nova. By merging this with American jazz, European classical influences and his unique melodic gifts, Jobim became one of the few songwriters to rank alongside the likes of George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Even once you get past "The Girl of Ipanema" and discover such bittersweet gems as "Wave," "How Insensitive" and "Corcovado," only part of his canon is truly Bossa Nova. Jobim constantly experimented with song suites and impressionistic instrumentals and he never stopped evolving as an artist. He was a master arranger, but when not recording jazzy, stripped-down albums, he most often worked with Claus Ogerman, who supplied string backings for his improvisations. With his lilting piano and guitar styles and a charming "musician's" voice, Jobim the performer was almost as satisfying as Jobim the composer but many of his finest albums are actually collaborations. Besides the evergreen <i>Getz/Gilberto</i>, his recordings with Frank Sinatra and Elis Regina (entitled <i>Elis and Tom</i>) belong in every jazz and pop music collection. Jobim lived in the United States and Europe during much of Brazil's dark period of martial law but he spent the last couple of decades of his life fighting against the destruction of his homeland's natural wonders. Long a favorite of jazz musicians and vocalists, Antonio Carlos Jobim's music remains as popular as when he first sang about that passing beauty on the beach in Ipanema.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>CeU</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest in a long line of sultry Brazilian singers, CeU enjoyed a big boost for her career when Starbucks made her the first international artist signed to their Hear Music Debut series in 2007. But don't let that put you off: her soulful delivery and command of Brazilian idioms make her a sultry addition to the stable of young Brazilian singers that includes Cibelle and Rosalia de Souza. Nominated for a Best New Artist Latin Grammy in 2006, CeU (born Maria do Ceu Whitaker Pocas) had been turning heads for years before that. Trained on the violao and in music theory in Brazil, CeU relocated to New York City for a few pivotal years after she completed her education. There she discovered everyone from Billie Holiday to Erykah Badu, and that unsanctioned education encouraged her to experiment with jazz and soul in her sound. A fortuitous connection with Antonio Pinto, who composed the score for <i>City of God</i>, also helped gain her entree into the Brazilian music world. Her self-titled debut was remarkably mature, never straying far from her roots (hints of samba are ever-present) but continually flirting with jazz, funk and soul.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Eliane Elias</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>CSS</title>
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<category>Electropop</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:26:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Though known in the U.S. mostly by their abbreviated handle, the proper name of Brazilian dance-rock sextet C.S.S. is Cansei de Ser Sexy, a Portuguese translation of a quip from Beyonce Knowles, who allegedly once claimed to be "tired of being sexy." The band formed in Sao Paulo in 2003 from a group of cross-connected art-scene socialites who eventually solidified a lineup consisting of vocalist Luisa Hanae Matsushita (who goes by the stage name Lovefoxxx), bassist Iracema Trevisan, guitarist Ana Rezende, and multi-instrumentalists Luiza Sa, Carolina Parra and Adriano Cintra. Under the keen musical direction of Cintra, a vet of Brazil's underground rock scene, C.S.S. found international attention for their high volume of downloads from Brazil's TramaVirtual, a music and social networking site. They self-released two EPs in 2004, <i>Em Rotterdam Ja e uma Febre</i> and <i>A Onda Mortal/Uma Tarde com PJ</i>, and issued their self-titled full-length LP on TramaVirtual's fledgling music label in 2005. It was re-released internationally on Sub Pop a year later, followed by wide international touring.
- Nate Cavalieri]]></description>
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<title>Caetano Veloso</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:49:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With a massive outpouring of songs, poems and lyrics since his career launched more than 30 years ago, Caetano Veloso is one of the greats -- if not <i>the</i> great -- of Brazilian pop. With Gilberto Gil, Veloso helped define Tropicalismo, Brazil's hybridized, political pop music that drew on Bossa Nova, jazz and art rock for inspiration and changed the face of Brazilian pop forever. A staunch leftist, Veloso has had a rocky relationship with the Brazilian government, but his status as a phenomenally beloved musician never waned. It's not hard to see why: his voice wraps itself around your ears like a cashmere sweater, while his spot-on songwriting doesn't miss a beat -- or a chance to keep up the changing tempo with the times.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Seu Jorge</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:54:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This gruff-voiced carioca (resident of Rio de Janeiro) first made international waves in 2002's <I>City Of God</I>, playing the vaguely terrifying gangster Knockout Ned. But he'd seduced Brazilians in an earlier role: as part of pop group Farofa Carioca who had a giant hit in 1998 with "Moro no Brasil" ("I Live in Brazil"). Born Jorge Mario da Silva on June 8th, 1970, Seu Jorge captured audiences' imagination with his life story as well his talent. He grew up in rough Rio favelas, singing and playing in local bars as a teenager and trying -- and not always succeeding -- to stay out of trouble. But his dreams were cut short when his brother Vitorio was shot, and his family was made homeless. Jorge lived on the streets for three years before he lucked into a singing gig and later into theatrical work that led to the formation of Farofa Carioca. After his role in <I>City Of God</I>, Jorge landed a role in Wes Anderson's <I>The Life Aquatic</I>, singing amazing covers of David Bowie classics in Portuguese. His first stateside release, <I>Cru</I>, came out in late 2005.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Charlie Byrd</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Charlie Byrd played jazz guitar with Django Reinhardt during his World War II army stint in France prior to studying classical music with Andres Segovia. He then applied these classical techniques to jazz for a uniquely academic approach to the instrument. In 1961, he toured Brazil, turning Stan Getz on to that country's swaying Bossa Nova rhythms. The album they recorded together, <I>Jazz Samba</I>, was an instant smash, ultimately setting off the Bossa Nova craze in the U.S. Byrd's solo albums in the '60s often straddle the fence between jazz and easy listening, but his technique always dazzles. In the '80s, he recorded fine albums with his fellow classical-jazz guitarist, Laurindo Almeida.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Herbie Mann</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The two words jazz flute usually conjure up an image of the eternally whiskered Herbie Mann. At first a disciple of the cool school, Mann switched from sax to flute in the late 50s and turned heads with his accessible, swinging Bop. His complex rhythmic sense coupled with his understanding of harmony lines came to fruition in the early 60s when Mann took up Afro-Cuban and Bossa Nova music to massive success as he recorded with the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Willie Bobo and, in a change of pace, Bill Evans. His albums from this period mesh with both solitary listening and parties (<i>Memphis Underground</i> may be his biggest album). In the 70s, he switched gears again and put out a series of Fusion and pop/reggae/Disco albums. When the hits finally stopped, Mann returned to mainstream jazz but continued to use his position to explore all avenues of world music until he passed away in 2004.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Joao Gilberto</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:06:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The consensus seems to be that if Antonio Carlos Jobim created Bossa Nova,
Joao Gilberto created Bossa Nova as we know it. Known for his flat and nasal
- but always in tune - singing, Gilberto's cool, intimate style reverberates
to this day: listen to contemporary Bossa Nova singers like Celso Fonseca
and Cibelle, and you'll hear echoes of Gilberto. His story is no less
entrancing than his music: obsessed with music from an early age, he sought
his fortune as a singer and then fell into a ten-year depression that led to
an itinerant, pot-smoking lifestyle. If he hadn't pulled out of the rut,
Bossa Nova would be very different. But he did pull out, and decided to move
away from that den of vice, Rio. Newly sober, Gilberto proceeded to develop
his trademark style - reportedly in his sister's bathroom - and drew growing
crowds to clubs in Porto Alegre. It was just a matter of time before Tom
Jobim took notice, and Gilberto was traveling to the United States for the
most fruitful collaborations of his career - with American saxophonist Stan
Getz. Their signature collaboration "Getz/Gilberto" is a perennial
bestseller, and Joao's wife Astrid sang the definitive version of
uber-classic "The Girl From Ipanema."
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Gilberto Gil</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:04:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gilberto Gil is one of the pioneers of Brazil's late '60s Tropicalia movement, a cosmopolitan mix of Latin, World, pop and rock styles. Gil, who spearheaded the movement with Caetano Veloso, usually takes a more grounded, less artsy approach than his old friend. He also has mastered every style he has utilized in his music. A brilliant songwriter with an amazing voice, he can do justice to his homeland's Samba and Bossa Nova styles, then change pace with a high-octane Funk workout before digging into reggae. His skill and obvious love for different music never makes him seem like a performer who wears too many hats. Gil has been a part of the Brazilian music scene since the late 1950s and has become a star throughout the globe.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Zuco 103</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ex-pat Brazilian singer Lilian Vieira met her fellow bandmates in the Netherlands in the late 1990s. Within a few years they were producing stylish, confident international pop that nods to Brazil and embraces European club sensibilities.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Marisa Monte</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:21:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Alexandre Pires</title>
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<category>Latin Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:50:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Brazil's Alexandre Pires grew up breathing music -- his mother was a drummer and his father a singer in a touring band. He learned to play samba at the age of thirteen, and within a few years he was touring with the chart-topping band So Pa Contrariar, named for the first song he composed. After bringing the sound of the streets (namely the "Pagode") to middle class listeners, Pires struck out on his own, crafting a romantic pop sound that has endeared him to listeners all over Latin America. He won Best Artist at the 2003 Latin Grammys.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Roberto Carlos</title>
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<category>Latin Pop</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:01:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Gal Costa</title>
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<category>Tropicalia</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:14:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gal Costa's sultry, sensual voice has been a regular feature in the Brazilian hit parade for four decades. This Bahia native inherited an appreciation of Afro-Brazilian music to match with her natural affinity for the Bossa Nova. A radical child of the 1960s, her collaborations with Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil helped make her a star; while they were political exiles in London, she recorded their thinly-veiled criticisms of the Brazilian military government. Whether interpreting an old Samba or Bossa Nova or experimenting with rock and Soul, she has always maintained her distinct voice and steamy passion. Furthermore, she has continually displayed an air of mystery from her beginnings as the gypsy-esque free spirit to her more dignified (albeit seductive), mature image. And finally, there has always been Costa's voice, unmistakable and alluring.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Celso Fonseca</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:54:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A lot of music gets dubbed the dubious distinction of being timeless, but if any genre truly deserves to be timeless, it's Bossa Nova. Brazil's Celso Fonseca, perennial sideman, songwriter and sometime singer, is keeping Bossa Nova fresh for a new generation. Fonseca is no kid; he's played with almost everyone who counts: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, and Chico Buarque, among others. That illustrious pedigree just signals his quality - it's really his delicate vocalizations and precise, humid arrangements that will win you over.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Curumin</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Brazil's Curumin is no stranger to cultural mash-ups: one parent is Spanish, one Japanese, and he grew up in the cultural melting pot that is Rio De Janeiro. He showed an aptitude for music early on: he formed his first band at age eight and was playing percussion in Rio clubs by the time he was 14. But he took his cultural wanderings a step further when he signed with Bay Area-based underground hip-hop label Quannum to release his 2005 debut, <I>Achados E Perdidos</i>. Marrying a love of classic soul and funk with the unshakeable rhythms of Brazil, the release was treading in interesting territory. In 2008 <I>JapanPopShow</i> pushed further into that territory, pursuing an infectious combination of hip-hop, Musica Popular Brasileira (M.P.B.) and vintage funk.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Walter Wanderley</title>
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<category>Vintage Lounge</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:54:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[No matter what kind of mood you're in, it's hard to keep a straight face when confronted with the sounds of Walter Wanderly's obliviously chipper organ -- his staccato Hammond tones and occasional synth dabblings remain, in the most technical sense of the word, "cheesy," though not necessarily in a negative sense. Specializing in lightly jazzy reworkings of Samba and Bossa Nova numbers, Wanderly scored his biggest hit with "Summer Samba" (1966), though he covered all the usual bases elsewhere ("The Girl From Ipanema," "Desafinado," "Brazil," etc.). He recorded prolifically in the late '60s, only to essentially drop off the map before the '90s lounge revival resurrected interest in his work.
- Will York]]></description>
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<title>Jorge Ben Jor</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:01:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[To talk about Jorge Ben's influence on Brazilian music is to court hyperbole: the man has released albums on which each song could be a hit. He started out singing in church choirs and rock bands in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s and early '60s, and in 1963 he guaranteed himself a place in history with his first hit, the inestimable "Mas Que Nada." On the strength of that song and a few others, Ben became a bona fide musical export: his songs were covered by everyone from Sergio Mendes to Herb Alpert and Jose Feliciano. By 1966 he was playing sambas with an electric guitar, and a few years later, the tropicalia movement began following in his footsteps. Though never considered strictly a tropicalia artist, Ben became a primary figure of Musica Popular Brasileira for the next decade, even drawing heat from the Brazilian dictatorship despite the lack of political content in his songs. His hallmark has always been his omnivorous musicality: his Ethiopian heritage sparked an interest in African and Arabic music, while American funk and soul figured heavily in his sound. Ben's later work has suffered from a surfeit of synthesizers, but it's easy to forgive him.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Milton Nascimento</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:14:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Milton Nascimento, the Brazilian superstar, has created exciting, diverse music for more than thirty years. He combines pop, jazz, Brazilian folk and Bossa Nova into one unique package and his voice is really an incredible instrument -- he is one of the few singers to regularly go from a heavy baritone to a beautiful but bizarre falsetto. But it is Nascimento's superb songcraft which has the world's finest musicians lining up to record with him. It is normal to find Peter Gabriel or Herbie Hancock on one of Nascimento's recordings, and jazz artists and vocalists often cover his tunes.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Beto Villares</title>
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<category>Brazilian</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Beto Villares has been a name in Brazil for years, mainly because of his high-profile composition and production work on soundtracks, including for the film <I>Antonia</I>. His musical world was changed forever, however, when he worked on a multipart documentary for Brazilian TV called <I>Musica do Brasil</I>. Hosted by minister of culture and venerated pop star Gilberto Gil, the documentary exposed Villares to the hyperkinetic vibrancy of Brazilian music outside the cities. He put some of his newfound inspiration to use in producing fellow Brazilian CeU's hugely successful debut, but it's most evident on his own debut, which was released in Brazil in 2004 as <I>Excelentes Lugares Bonitos</I> and was released in the U.S. by Six Degrees in 2008 as <I>Beto Villares</I>. An innovative mix of big-city sophistication and small-town <I>joie de vivre</I> -- coupled with very unusual, subtle electronic touches -- it was a stunning release from a welcome new voice in Brazilian music.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>SambaDa</title>
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<category>Samba</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:55:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Luciana Souza</title>
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<category>Vocal Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:07:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You'd think Luciana Souza would have it all for major jazz stardom. This Brazilian singer combines the perfect pitch and sensitive feel of Elis Regina with the Post Bop jazz explorations of Cassandra Wilson. To top it all off, her natural beauty is a marketer's dream. Perhaps Souza's deep understanding of Brazilian and North American musical forms hurts her, as does all the space she allows for her (always excellent) musicians to solo. Like the often overlooked Joyce, she has more of an overt improvisatory edge than most artists associated with Bossa Nova. Forget about labels, Souza proves that cutting edge music can be beautiful music -- and the music she makes is seldom less than beautiful.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Maria Rita</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:21:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Maria Rita's self-titled 2004 debut didn't immediately grab audiences outside of Brazil, but it did get the attention of the 2004 Latin Grammys: she received no less than three nominations. And for good reason -- her sophisticated take on Brazil's bossa nova-drenched popular music is simultaneously classic and fresh, thanks to songwriting help from heavy hitters like Milton Nascimiento. Rita is also part of Brazilian musical royalty; her mother is Elis Regina.]]></description>
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<title>Suba</title>
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<category>Ambient Dub</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:32:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Suba's truly unique mix of complex grooves and simple melodies utilizes synthesized and electronic treatments that sound natural. This composer, musician and (most importantly) producer studied jazz and classical music in Yugoslavia before emigrating to Sao Paulo, where he immediately began to actively absorb Brazilian music and contemporary dance culture. His sophisticated synthesis yields a user-friendly music that defies national boundaries and genres. Young female vocalist Cibelle's understated Portuguese vocals seduce you into a warm sea that swells with gently persistent percussive waves orchestrated by master percussionist Joao Parahyba.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Torcuato Mariano</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:58:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Luiz Gonzaga</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:33 -0700</pubDate>
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- Rachel Devitt]]></description>
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<title>BossaCucaNova</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New and classic Bossa Nova remixed in part by the son of lesser-known Bossa Nova great Roberto Menescal. These tunes crackle with coolly contained energy, swinging with the help of Trip-Hop beats, bright Latin guitar work, and intoxicating rhythms.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Laurindo Almeida</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:01:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida influenced jazz and popular music far beyond his name recognition in the general public. He brought updated Spanish Classical and Latin American folk guitar to the public's ear with a fluid, swinging style. His 1953 collaboration with Bud Shank combined West Coast Cool with Brazilian Samba and is cited by Antonio Carlos Jobim as a major influence in the development of Bossa Nova. Almeida is a master collaborator, but the trio format allows him to take center stage and stay there. He's so good that he breathes new life into standards and traditional Sambas, and even makes the soggy soft rock of "Up Where We Belong" sound good.]]></description>
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<title>Cibelle</title>
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<category>Brazilian</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:30:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The charming Cibelle inherits the mantle of the great Brazilian songstresses like Rita Lee, Gal Costa, and Marisa Monte and updates their legacy with her embrace of modern electronica. Of course, this ground's been trod before - just think new Bossa Nova songstress Bebel Gilberto. But Cibelle is a bit less coy than Gilberto - and a bit more playful. She got her start singing on Yugoslavian producer Suba's seminal electro-Brazilian release <i>Sao Paolo Confessions</i>. That performance proved that Cibelle's voice could carry an album, and a solo career was not long following. Her 2003 self-titled debut was delightful: a drowsy, sensual affair shot through with quirky electronics and her trademark buttery vocals.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Bonde Do Role</title>
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<category>Electropop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:50:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Baile funk is the music of Brazilian favelas, where life is nasty, brutish and short -- and so are the pop songs. Bonde Do Role is an art-house take on the genre, stealing several pages from Miami bass but also sampling rock 'n' roll artists madly and with no regard for copyright. Add to that the nastiest sex talk you can find in Brazilian Portuguese, and you have a three-person firestorm of colossally funny, intentional stupidity that is, incidentally, extremely danceable. Philadelphia DJ Diplo saw the group perform in Rio and made them the first signees to his Mad Decent label. Their label debut, 2007's infectious <i>With Lasers</i>, did away with the illegal samples but not with the primal squall that makes them the most enjoyable musical train wreck you can't tear yourself away from.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Elis Regina</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:43:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Marcio Faraco</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Marcio Faraco grew up an army brat, shuttling between the Brazilian towns of Recife, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia. It turned out to be the perfect education for an aspiring musician, exposing Faraco to a wide range of music styles such as <i>toada</i>, <i>baiao</i> and bossa nova -- though he was steeped first and foremost in <I>choro</i> and samba, thanks to his father. In time Faraco developed his own style, drawing on all his influences, and the result was 2000's <I>Ciranda</i>, a lovely and personal album that drew off songs Faraco had written over the course of many years. He followed that up with <I>Interior</i> in 2003.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Os Mutantes</title>
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<category>Tropicalia</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For any fan of psychedelic pop music, Bossa Nova and the combinations thereof, the last few years' resurgence in interest in the Mutantes back catalog and subsequent re-release of these records stands as one of the finer moments in music history. At the core of the Tropicalia movement in Brazil in the late '60s, the Mutantes militantly employed fuzzed-out guitars, an odd assortment of sound effects and eclectic, crazed vocals much to the dismay of a Brazilian government high on maintaining tradition. Their whacked-out Dadaist spirit is best exemplified on their self-titled debut in '68. Imagine a hybrid of "Sgt. Pepper," Arthur Brown and the Byrds as viewed after a peyote binge in Sao Paolo. Before the band's more long-winded elements came to fruition and their humor got the best of them, there was the psyched up fervor of their first three releases. Alas, their reckless humor, creativity, and complete cohesiveness as a band could only eventually wind up as one thing: prog rock.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Ivete Sangalo</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 11:55:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Carlos Barbosa-Lima</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:20:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Acoustic guitar virtuoso plays everything from classical composers to Gershwin and Brazilian music precisely and passionately. Also respected as a jazz guitarist, Barbosa-Lima has spent much of his life teaching and has authored a number of books on technique.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Daude</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:21:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Forro In The Dark</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:45:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Early in its life, Forro in the Dark drew an all-star roster of fans, including David Byrne, Miho Hatori and Bebel Gilberto. That kind of adulation can send a group to an early grave, but Forro in the Dark seem to be standing up to the pressure. Formed when a group of friends got together to play music during a birthday party, the band was ad hoc from the outset, a group of Brazilian expats interpreting the traditional forro (pronounced "foh-ho") music of northern Brazil. While traditional forro utilizes just a triangle, bass drum and accordion, Forro in the Dark replaced the accordion with a flute and brought in a host of other instruments to flesh out the sound. The group thrives on instrumentals, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't sing more often: Their raspy voices evoke fellow countryman Seu Jorge (who's sung with them, incidentally). Originally a trio, the group expanded to six, including guitarist Smokey Hormel, who's worked with big names including Beck and Mick Jagger and undoubtedly brought the group some of its celebrity luster.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Vinicius De Moraes</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:04:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Tania Maria</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Engaging, sensual vocals and sparkling rhythmic piano from an engaging performer. Tania Maria has boasted greats like Eddie Duran in her band, and she performs zesty originals and works by composers like Antonio Carlos Jobim.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:27:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Marcos Valle</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:45:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Maria Bethania</title>
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<category>Tropicalia</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:02:58 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://mp3.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=437&amp;rws=%2Flatin%2Fbrazilian%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Brazilian Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<description><![CDATA[She's Caetano Veloso's sister, but that's not why she's famous. Bethania has a voice that's markedly different from her brother's: her gutsy, throaty delivery stands out in the Brazilian Pop tradition and has made her one of the genre's definitive singers. Her career is a story of accident and resistance. She originally intended to be an actress, and seemed headed in that direction when Veloso convinced her to sing in a play and then appear in a few concerts he was organizing. Their successes bolstered her name recognition as a singer, and the balance tipped when she substituted for another Brazilian singer on a TV show. The rest is history. Despite her reluctance, Bethania's enjoyed a vibrant career since the 1960s. You can hear her influence on such latter-day singers as Virginia Rodriguez.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Rosalia De Souza</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:07:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bebel Gilberto started a renaissance with her electro-tropical sound when she released <I>Tanto Tiempo</I> in 2000, but the talented Brazilian chanteuse Rosalia De Souza, born in Rio's Nilopolis district, jumps on the bandwagon with such finesse you couldn't even call it imitation. De Souza had moved to Italy to pursue a singing career in the late 1980s, but it took a few collaborations with Italian producer (and label mate) Nicola Conte (notably for the <I>Break and Bossa</I> series) for De Souza to really embrace bossa nova as viable musical direction. Thank heavens she did: 2003's <I>Garota Moderna</I> hits its mark with characteristic bossa nova cool, epitomizing effortlessness while never sacrificing heart.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Chico Buarque</title>
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<category>Brazilian Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:55:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Luiz Bonfa</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Legendary Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa is a key progenitor to the Bossa Nova movement. After a stint playing clubs in Rio de Janeiro, he migrated to New York in the late 1950s, where he worked as a guitarist and composer with Stan Getz (among others). Having worked as a composer for Brazilian films, he was asked to contribute to the 1959 soundtrack for <I>Black Orpheus</I>, for which he wrote the immortal theme song "Manha de Carnaval." In great demand as both a composer and guitarist due to his exceptionally precise playing, he even wrote a song for Elvis Presley. Over the years, he has recorded more than thirty records -- most of which by 1973. Although obscured by the likes of fellow countrymen and colleagues Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, his contribution to Brazilian jazz -- and Bossa Nova is particular -- is paramount.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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