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Bye-bye, Bad Girl!

In her last studio album—Com Você… Meu Mundo Estaria Completo from ’99—Cássia Eller sang ...

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Just the Basics

People practice this kissing ritual everyday without even thinking about it. They wake up ...

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The Finest Art

Paulo Rama is presented a double challenge. Not only does he belong to a ...

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The Winds of Delight

Recife Antigo seemed kind of like the French Quarter in New Orleans. They were ...

RAPIDINHAS January 2002 – Cássia Eller

RAPIDINHAS Music Rock Silenced As 2001 approached its conclusion, Brazilian music faced another untimely ...

Rita Peixoto and Carlos Fuchs CD

Independent in Rio – Part II

More and more artists are taking control of their own recordings. Rita Peixoto and ...

Chico Lives

  For long considered a patrimony of Brazilian music, Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, better ...

Dil Fonseca CD

Independent in Rio

When record companies view good music as a liability, artists have no choice but ...

Magic Marcos

Marcos Sacramento is creating new samba hybrids. Marcos Sacramento is breathing new life into ...

Plain João – The Man Who Invented Bossa Nova

He’s been called O Rei da Bossa, O Mito, Il Maestro Supremo, and O ...