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The Girl from Ipanema Turns 50 Posted by on Jul 14, 2012

This month, one of the most famous bossa nova songs “The Girl from Ipanema” turns 50 years old. The actual “girl” is now a 67-year-old woman. Read a bit about the history from G1: A jovem que inspirou Tom Jobim e Vinícius de Moraes a escrever “Garota de Ipanema”, Helô Pinheiro, hoje uma senhora de…

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Caetano Veloso’s Full Discography Posted by on Jun 14, 2012

In honor of his upcoming 70th birthday in August, Brazilian music legend Caetano Veloso is making his entire discography free online. You have to pay to download the songs, but you can listen to every single song for free on his website.   To start off,  here’s one of Caetano’s most famous songs, Sozinho: Sozinho…

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Raul Seixas Posted by on Jun 8, 2012

Raul Seixas (1945-1989) was one of Brazil’s biggest rock stars and is considered one of the pioneers of Brazilian rock. Born and raised in Salvador, Bahia, he first entered the music scene with the band Os Panteras in the 1960s. His recording career started to take off in 1970, in Rio de Janeiro. But he…

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Song: Humilde Residência (by Michel Teló) Posted by on Apr 27, 2012

Olá! Tudo bem com você? I’m sure you’ve heard of Michel Teló, the Brazilian pop and sertanejo singer who took over the world with his song Ai Se eu Te Pego. He has a new song hitting big on Brazilian radios, Humilde Residência (Humble Abode) and it talks about a guy who’s so darn broke…

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Brazilian Freestyle Documentary Posted by on Apr 23, 2012

The other day, I came across an interesting short documentary on freestyle hip hop in Brazil. If you’ve seen the Elite Squad movies, you’ll notice a surprising familiar face! Watch the video, and see if you catch some of the keywords below. Keywords improviso – improvisation público – audience criatividade – creativity sentimento – feeling…

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Feliz Páscoa! Posted by on Apr 6, 2012

Feliz Páscoa, pessoal! Happy Easter, y’all! Here’s a small video I made to wish you a very Happy Easter! Coelhinho da Páscoa Coelhinho da Páscoa, que trazes pra mim? [Easter Bunnsy, what do you bring to me?] Um ovo, dois ovos, três ovos, assim? [One egg, two eggs, three eggs, like this?] 2x Coelhinho da…

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Chico Buarque Posted by on Mar 29, 2012

Chico Buarque is one of Brazil’s most famous MPB musicians, and is also an author, poet, and playwright. He’s famous for writing songs considered dangerous by Brazil’s military dictatorship and using word play to express criticism of the regime. He’s written eight books and five plays, as well as writing several screenplays. Read about Buarque’s…

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