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The 15 Essential Latin Albums From 1974
- Fifty years ago, the sounds that dominated Latin music were thriving. Rock had become ambitious (and intellectual), the New York salsa explosion was at its apex, and the movements of bossa nova and tropicália had coalesced into the all-encompassing MPB—Música Popular Brasileira. Most Latin recordings from 1974 have a resplendent sense of innocence and discovery. […]
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Iconic Brazilian singer Gal Costa dies at 77
Singer Gal Costa, an icon in the Tropicalia and Brazilian popular music movements who enjoyed a nearly six-decade career, died on Wednesday. The soprano with wild curls of dark hair was best known for lending her unique voice to compositions such as Ary Barroso’s “Aquarela do Brasil” (Watercolor of Brazil), Tom Jobim’s “Dindi,” Jorge Ben Jor’s “Que Pena” (What a Shame) and Caetano Veloso’s “Baby.” “Gal Costa was among the world’s best singers, among our principal artists to carry the name and
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Citizens’ manifesto declares Brazilian democracy facing ‘immense danger’
Declaration comes amid fears Jair Bolsonaro could attempt January 6-style coup to retain power if voted out in October
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Thousands protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment bills
Demonstration against what activists call a historic assault floods capital after musician Caetano Veloso’s call for action People hold signs during a demonstration against the environmental policies of President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasília. Photograph: Sérgio Lima/AFP/Getty Images Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Brazil’s capital after one of the country’s leading musicians, Caetano Veloso, called a major protest to denounce what environmentalists call a historic assault on the Brazil
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In Brazil, artists and activists protest against mining bill
Thousands of Brazilians gathered outside Congress on Wednesday to protest a set of bills they say threaten the Amazon rainforest by encouraging deforestation and industrial activity on protected Indigenous lands. The event, led by star Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso, brought together other marquee artists as well as more than 200 non-profits groups. Meantime, inside Congress' lower house, lawmakers began debating a proposal that aims to allow mining on Indigenous territory.
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Bola Sete’s ‘Samba in Seattle’ Unearths a Rare Recording by the Astonishing Brazilian Guitarist: Album Review
Bola Sete was an astonishing Brazilian guitarist whose music tread the line between jazz (he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Vince Guaraldi) and bossa nova. While his name isn’t as familiar as contemporaries like Joao Gilberto or the generation of Caetano Veloso and Jorge Ben, his instrumental music fits right alongside theirs — it’s surprising he’s […]
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Latin Grammy Awards 2021: See the winners list
See all the winners from the 2021 Latin Grammy Awards.
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Caetano Veloso on his new album, social media and aging
Caetano Veloso had written so many songs that he truly believed he was done creating music almost a decade ago when he released the Latin Grammy-winning album “Abraçaço.” “I still think that I have written too many songs along the years and decades,” the Brazilian legend, who has released over 50 studio and live albums, told The Associated Press in a recent interview from Rio de Janeiro. Veloso is back with “Meu Coco” (which literally means “my coconut” but refers to the head), his first solo
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Grammys Rename World Music Category Over “Connotations of Colonialism”
The Recording Academy sought to name the award with a “more relevant, modern, and inclusive term”
- EntertainmentVariety
Caetano Veloso, Walter Salles Talk Venice Doc on Veloso’s 1968 Incarceration During Brazil Dictatorship, Trailer Debuts (EXCLUSIVE)
In 1968, during Brazil's military dictatorship, singer-songwriter, Caetano Veloso – who the preceding year had been among founders of the revolutionary Tropicalia artistic movement – was arrested on trumped-up charges. Veloso was taken from his São Paulo home to Rio de Janeiro, where he was placed in solitary confinement for one week and held behind […]
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Brazil mourns bossa nova founder João Gilberto as he is buried in Rio
Brazilians said goodbye to legendary musician João Gilberto, a founder of bossa nova, ahead of his funeral on Monday afternoon, with an outpouring of grief from some of the biggest names in the country's music industry. Gilberto, 88, died on Saturday in his house in Rio de Janeiro. The musician's family, Brazilian celebrities and the public paid their respects in a public visitation that began on Monday morning in Rio de Janeiro's ornately marbled Municipal Theater.
