Curitiba to Rio and Back: Brazilian Popular Music

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By Roberto Muggiati  I made two trips to Curitiba, in late January and early February. Both had to do with music. At the Oficina de Música, on its amazing 30th edition, I interviewed – on separate days – three music writers and historians: Zuza Homem de Mello, Sérgio Cabral and Patricia Palumbo. At the Paço da Liberdade,we discussed the present More...

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Michel Teló
On February 9, 2012
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Michel Teló is on Top

Take a test. In a group of friends, say “Nossa, nossa…” There is a great chance that you will hear back “Assim você me mata. Ai, se eu te pego. Ai, ai, se eu te pego.” (You will More...

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On December 26, 2011
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That Was the Year that Was

Broken and loose footnotes on 2011 By Roberto Muggiati I stepped into the New Year with a broken foot, a mysterious fracture with no visible cause to account for it. On the first days of January 2011, I crept More...

mendes01
On December 22, 2011
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Sérgio Mendes, Brazil’s Greatest

 By David Curry Hello-Alo-Hi-Oi  Sr. Rubin: I own a substantial amount of Brasilian music from the 60s, 70s and 80s, with a little contemporary BossaCucaNova thrown in. I’ve often asked myself, who is the More...

super-astor
On October 20, 2011
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Super Astor

By Roberto Muggiati Astor Piazzolla’s music is migrating more and more towards a classical repertoire. The other night I went to the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro to listen to the Gershwin Piano Quartet. More...

George Harrison
On October 7, 2011
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World

  HBO and Martin Scorsese will present the much anticipated two-part biographical piece, George Harrison: Living in the Material World.  The film focuses the imaginative and inspired eye of one of cinema’s More...

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On July 1, 2011
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Rock in Rio 2011 to Draw 315,000 Tourists

Joss Stone The City of Rio de Janeiro Tourism Secretary (RIOTUR) released a study on the economic impact of Rock in Rio in 2011, predicting 315,000 tourists will visit the city and spend R$653.6 million (about US$425 More...

João Gilberto
On July 1, 2011
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João Gilberto, Montreux Jazz Festival

By Roberto Muggiati João Gilberto João Gilberto is now 80 years old, but when I saw him at the Montreux Jazz Festival he was 54. He was at the height of his form, singing like never before. I watched him up close More...

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On June 1, 2011
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Music on the Internet: Legal or Illegal?

By Alexander Burbello The habit of downloading music on the Internet has been growing year-by-year for several reasons, mainly due to the rapid and easy methods for obtaining a song and listening to it in different More...

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On June 1, 2011
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The Great Piano Family

By Roberto Muggiati I met Lícia Lucas in London, in 1963.  The last time we saw each other, I picked her up at the home of the English family with whom she was staying, near Richmond Park.  On the way to a pub More...