Sounds Like Brazil

Bem vindo! We are continuing our conversation with Joyce Moreno. In this episode, she describes her career around 1976 when she was redefining herself and her career while touring with Vinicius de Morais and Toquinho and Brazil remained under a military dictatorship. The album was Passarinho Urbano and the track, Passarinho, an homage to freedom.  

To hear in full all of the music mentioned in the show, check out this links:

JoycePassarinho Urbano albumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Minhwih4Bt4

Remembering singer Miúcha, who passed away today, with a recording of Tom Jobim's Samba do Avião.

YouTube links:Full album: Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Alternate version: Samba do Avião by Morelenbaum²/Sakamoto

Bem vindo! This is the fourth episode of Sounds Like Brazil, and we are continuing our conversation about Joyce Moreno. In this episode, she describes her career after the phenomenon of 1980's release Feminina, and the song on her latest album, Palavra e Som, which is a tribute to the craft of songwriting itself and the art of swinging a lyric as dictated by her musical imagination.  

To hear in full all of the music mentioned in the show, check out these links:

JoycePalavra e Som albumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1576URnVYQ&list=PLjMk_448Pd1OVi040qXF2xmJ7KGjnHCoj

 

Dorival CaymmiCanoeirahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdm-WuHgscA

A quick little episode to remember samba composer Wilson Moreira after his passing. This song is from his collaboration in 1991 with Rafael Rabello for a Japanese label. Both Wilson and Rafael are well worth checking out -- hopefullly we will do just that in future episodes.Download from AmazonOkolofé

Documentary (in Portuguese)Wilson Moreira - Documentário do Sambista

Welcome to the third episode of Sounds Like Brazil! We meet Joyce Moreno; she describes her early career as a female voice of the sixties and seventies, a career which really took off with the 1980 release Feminina. We'll hear the title track and Elis Regina's version of another song on the album, Essa Mulher.  

Stay tuned for more Joyce in coming episodes! 

To hear in full all of the music mentioned in the show, check out these links:

JoyceFeminina albumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khk6uZXgoOI

Elis ReginaEssa Mulherhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdm-WuHgscA

 

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This episode features a song written by Milton Nascimento and Chico Buarque. Yes, I know -- more Chico. This selection submitted by singer Paula Santoro and percussionist Brian Davis. Muito obrigado! ANd in response to the protest song featured in our first episode, Paula and Brian also give us an idea of the current mood and political situation in Rio.

Folks, thank you for the wonderful feedback from the first episode! Comments from Brian Davis were especially encouraging. This podcast might be starting small, but we are definately going to slightly less small places!

Since the "real" episodes are long and take some time to put together, I'd like to include a few quickies in the form of single song recommendations. Here's one all the way from Japan, Naquela Mesa. Thanks, Sérgio!The song was written by another Sérgio -- Sérgio Bittencourt. He was the son of the great Jacob do Bandolim, a composer we will surely discuss in a future episode. We hear a portion of the song in our audio; the link below takes you to the full performance.

 

NAQUELA MESA Zélia Duncan, Hamilton de Holanda e Nilze Carvalhohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiV8GarcHHo

Welcome to the very first episode of Sounds Like Brazil! In this episode, we explore 1970 and Chico Buarque's protest song reaction to military dictatorship. 

Contributors/collaborators in this episode: Sergio Damasceno. 

To hear in full all of the music mentioned in the show, check out these links:

 

Chico BuarqueRoda Vivahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpAR9DlQV6oApesar de Vocêhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33-bMTOlvx0

Geraldo Vandréhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2Gtz-zAzM

Francisco Alves (composer: Ary Barroso)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-y8TS7jbpY

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Construção

 

Highest recommendation:If you want to play or sing Brazilian music, consider attending California Brazil Camp. It's held every August in Sonoma County: calbrazilcamp.com