Fabulous Fabiano

Brazilian music is justifiably famous for bossa nova and Tropicalia in the sixties and seventies. But even today they are still producing excellent musicians such as Fabiano do Nascimento, a guitarist who has captured my imagination with his paired back sound. On his 2015 album ‘Danca Dos Tempos’ he teams up with the legendary Airto …

Bossa Jazz

I’m a big fan of Soul Jazz records and in particular of their new Brazilian compilation Bossa Jazz. It focuses on the period of Brazilian music from 1962-1973 I like Tropicalia the Brazilian movement that was more psychedelic in feel and featured such artists  like Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa and Milton Nascimento but I prefer …

Tim Maia

What’s great about the modern world is nothing can remain hidden for long. Sooner or later you’ll discover everything. Sometimes that’s a mixed blessing and means enduring an obscure subtitled Iranian film. Other times it means discovering Tim Maia. Who is he? Well according to Wikipedia he’s a Brazilian artist who came to prominence after …