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  ‘Os Mutantes’: How Their Self-Titled Album Defined The Tropicália Movement

  Os Mutantes’ self-titled debut album was a glorious collision of styles that defined the Tropicália movement in 1968.

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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 Grammys 2021: ‘Patria Y Vida,’ Camilo, Rubén Blades, and Caetano Veloso Were the Night’s Biggest Winners

  In many ways, this year's ceremony was a return to form after 2020's remote event

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  Entertainment Weekly

  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”

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  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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