GILBERTO GIL – Gilbertos Samba | Fvll DVD (live)

Gilberto Gil (born 26 June 1942) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae. Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first…

LUCIANA SOUZA – Live @ Tiny Desk Concert (2024)

Felix Contreras, May 17, 2024 | I’m not the first to say it: jazz and Brazilian music are like very close first cousins. There is a historical DNA connecting the two traditions, but also linked by harmonic construction, ample room for improvisation and plain old swing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49zIojl1CM4 In Luciana Souza’s performance, all of the above…

THE TROOPS OF DOOM – Dawn of Mephisto (2024)

THE TROOPS OF DOOM is a new Brazilian Metal band led by the guitar player JAIRO “TORMENTOR” GUEDZ from the band THE MIST and former member of original SEPULTURA line-up, author and co-author of the classic albums “BESTIAL DEVASTATION” and “MORBID VISIONS”, having also participated of some compositions on “SCHIZOPHRENIA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c27LxrSRsSk Father and son from…

MILTON NASCIMENTO & WAGNER TISO – Travessia | Live in Switzerland (1981)

Travessia (which translates as "Crossing" and was originally titled "Milton Nascimento") is the first album by the acclaimed Brazilian singer-songwriter. It was released in 1967. The song with the same title won second place at the 1967 International Song Festival held at Maracanazinho (Rio de Janeiro). Wagner Tiso Veiga (born in 1945) is a Brazilian…

ESPERANZA SPALDING & MILTON NASCIMENTO – Outubro (2024)

“Who is your dream in the whole world to collaborate with? And I said, 'One person'... and it was you.” - Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Spalding is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two honorary doctorates: one from her…

ANITTA – Aceita (2024)

Anitta releases video for 'Aceita' [Accept] with images of Candomblé, an African spiritual tradition that is widespread in Brazil, where it arrived with the slaves brought from Africa by the Europeans colonizers. Evangelical fanatics did not appreciate it at all, and the rising star lost 200 thousand followers after announcing the new single. Now, what's…

BIDÚ SAYÃO – Bachiana no. 5 (Cantilena)

Balduína "Bidú" de Oliveira Sayão (1902-1999) was a Brazilian opera soprano. One of Brazil's celebrated musicians, Sayão was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 to 1952. Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos had an artistic partnership with the diva that lasted many years. He made a number of recordings of…

HELADO NEGRO – Colores del Mar (2024)

Roberto Carlos Lange, better known by his stage name Helado Negro, is an American musician. In 2019 he was awarded a United States Artists Fellow in Music and also the recipient of a 2019 Grants to Artists award in Music from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. In 2015 he received a Joyce Foundation award. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMicaXEfqH4&ab_channel=HeladoNegro…

LIDO PIMIENTA – Boiler Room x Ballantine’s Trve Mvsic 10 | Live Set | Bogotá (2024)

Lido Pimienta is a Colombian-Canadian musician and singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence after her 2016 album, La Papessa, won the 2017 Polaris Music Prize. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvlc6fvybec&ab_channel=BoilerRoom Originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, she later immigrated to Canada, settling in London, Ontario, before moving to Toronto, where she is currently based.[5] Her father died when she was six years…

GREYSON NEKRVTMAN & SEPVLTVRA – Inner Self (live)

Greyson Nekrutman is way better than Eloy Casagrande. He is the current drummer of Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura and former drummer of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epqwRTxQeXQ&ab_channel=GreysonNekrutman Walking these dirty streetsWith hate in my mindFeeling the scorn of the worldI won't follow rules Blame and lies, contradictions ariseBlame and lies, contradictions arise Nonconformity…