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 …
Category Archives: Brazil
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 …