Tag Archives: Music
Beyond Ipanema Documentary Posted by Rachel on Aug 3, 2009
Released in March, Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music, recently premiered in New York at MoMA’s Annual Brazilian Film Festival. The documentary is about the popularization of Brazilian music outside of Brazil, and how different genres of Brazilian music have been popularized. The movie includes interviews with some of Brazil’s biggest stars, including Caetano…
New Music: Curumin Posted by Rachel on Jul 27, 2009
Though his first album, Achados e Perdidos, first came out in 2005, Curumin is relatively new to the US, and recently performed in New York at Central Park’s Summerstage and received rave reviews even earlier than that. He recently wrapped up his July tour of the United States. Born Luciano Nakata Albuquerque, of Spanish and…
New Music: Solana Posted by Rachel on Jul 21, 2009
Solana is a band that hails from Espirito Santo, a small state that borders Rio de Janeiro. Though somewhat obscure, the band has played on the popular Faustao show on Globo and is touring Brazil this month, with an upcoming show in their home state tomorrow night. Light and easy-going, Solana has a smooth and…
New Music: Mula Manca Posted by Rachel on Jul 13, 2009
The Recife-based band “Mula Manca e a Fabulosa Figura” mixes samba, MPB, and influences from the Northeast to create smooth, easy listening music in Portuguese. Formed five years ago, the band has released two CDs: “O circo da Solidão” and “Amor e pastel.” Their name, which means lame mule, is based on the character from…
New Music: Mônica Marianno Posted by Rachel on Jul 6, 2009
Mônica Marianno is a singer from Sao Paulo, influenced by rock and MPB (Brazilian “pop” music). as well as other contemporary Brazilian music forms. She has a really great, funky sound, and sings in English and other languages, as well as Portuguese. I highly recommend listening to some of her songs! Check her out on…
New Music: Café Funquê Posted by Rachel on Jun 16, 2009
Café Funquê is a Rio de Janeiro-based that describes itself as a “vigorous mixture of funk, rock, bossa nova, samba and jazz” featuring lead singer Cacau and four instrumentalists. They have a very unique sound (in the first clip, it sounds a lot like American ska) and have a really cool blend of a variety…
Listening Practice: Fill in the Blanks Posted by Rachel on Apr 24, 2009
This is a favorite language learning activity, so I thought we’d give it a shot. Copy and paste the lyrics into Word, and then play the video. Listen to the song and follow the lyrics, and fill in the blanks with the correct word. Maskavo, Folhas Secas As folhas secas vão caindo Eu posso ver…