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    40 Years Off Key

    That’s Bossa Nova It’s Quite Natural How did bossa nova start? It would be ...

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    Kirsten Weinoldt

    Cae & Gil 120 Years of Sound

    The partnership between Caetano and Gil is one of the most fertile and lasting ...

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    Kirsten Weinoldt

    Daúde She Must Be Good

    It was a magic night at Canecão in Rio. In the audience the likes ...

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    Kirsten Weinoldt

    Kiss of the Spider Monkey

    By Brazzil Magazine In Brazil everything ‘dances’—the palm trees, the ocean, the verdant mountains. ...

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    Bondo Wyszpolski

    Reggae from the Badlands

    Brazilian pop has traditionally been a product of mauricinhos, young people from upper-middle class ...

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    Bruce Gilman

    RAPIDINHAS January 2002 – Cássia Eller

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

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    Ernest Barteldes

    Perchance to Dream

    January 2002 Music Perchance to Dream What to be, or not to be, will ...

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    Bruce Gilman

    Bye-bye, Bad Girl!

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

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    Ernest Barteldes

    Leave it to the Pirates

    At least half of all CDs sold in Brazil are pirated copies. For a ...

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    Elma Lia Nascimento

    The Winds of Delight

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

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    Darrell Westmoreland