Blog Index

The Brazilian Sound Blog Index

Featured Blogs:

An Olympian Night Life:
The Top Ten Clubs for Music in Rio

The Girl from Ipanema:

Her 50th Birthday

Another Side of Jazz Samba:

Buddy Deppenschmidt (Interview)

Jorge Benjor's "Mas Que Nada"

50 Years Later

All Blogs (Most Recent at Top):

 2017

Ola Brasil: A Starbucks CD 

Carnaval 2017 in Brazil

2016
 

Fundo de Quintal

Where to Find The Brazilian 

Sound & Brazilian Music Book

Remembering Naná Vasconcelos

Carnaval 2016 in Brazil

Leny Andrade: Jazz-Bossa Diva

(Interview)

Geraldo Azevedo:

The Northeastern Wave (Interview)

Rique Pantoja (Interview)

2015

Songs of Good Cheer

(International / Brazilian)

Made in Brazil: Studies

in Popular Music

Rio Carnaval Images:

Beija-Flor  Unidos da Tijuca  Viradouro

Imperatriz Leopoldinense  Portela

2014

Updated Brazilian Sound

Kindle edition

Sérgio Mendes on Brasileiro

(Interview)

Brazil's MIMO Festival

Lenine in Central Park

Festival Vale do Café (2014)

The Brazilian Music Book

The Brazilian Sound: All Editions

Brazil Carnaval 2014 (Photos)

Luciana Souza Makes Her Mark 

2013

Jorge Benjor's "Mas Que Nada"

50 Years Later

Carlos Lyra: 60 Years of Bossa Nova

Cristina Braga: the Brazilian Harp

Remembering Dominguinhos

Another Side of Jazz Samba:

Buddy Deppenschmidt (Interview)

2012

The Girl from Ipanema:

50 Years Old in 2013

Carol Saboya: Belezas

Jazz Samba Turns 50

Michel Teló Catches Global Fame

Nara Leão: All Songs Online

Sergio Mendes & Carlinhos

Brown: Oscar Nomination

2011

Gaby Amarantos, 

the Muse of Tecnobrega

Jovino Santos Neto (Interview)

João do Vale:

Poet of Maranhão

Leo Gandelman & Marcelo Caldi

at the Festival Vale do Café

2010

Our Book Inspires Milton

Nascimento's Latest Album

...E a Gente Sonhando

The Brazilian Sound:

From 1991 to Today

Brazil's Hidden Music Festival

Brazilian Rock Guiding Light Zeca Neves

A Carioca Goes Regional:

Rodrigo Maranhão

New Brazilian Female Voices:

Aline Calixto & Antonia Adnet

Carnaval 2010 in Rio de Janeiro

2009

Late Blooming Helena Meirelles

Marco Lobo, Bratuques, Delira Música

Videos: Roberta Sá, Maria Gadu

and Luisa Maita

Cravo Carbono (Interview in Portuguese):

Music of Pará, Guitarrada and Tecnobrega

Brazilian Popular Music:

Bestsellers of 2008

J.E. Rondeau on Brazilian Rock:

Past and Present

(Interview)

Bahia's Blocos Afro & Afoxés:

Changes in Salvador's Carnaval

(Interviews with Linda Yudin

and Kirk Brundage)

More blogs about Brazilian

music and culture:

Chris McGowan at

the Huffington Post

(blog index)

Also see:

Chris McGowan home page

Contact:

Chris McGowan profile & email

Read about Brazilian Music

The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova
and the Popular Music of Brazil
by Chris McGowan and Ricardo Pessanha (Temple University Press)

(the leading guide to Brazilian music in English;

available on Amazon worldwide)

The Brazilian Music Book: Brazil's Singers, Songwriters
and Musicians Tell the Story of Bossa Nova,
MPB and Brazilian Jazz and Pop

by Chris McGowan

(interviews with iconic figures from Jobim

and Airto to Djavan and Gal Costa)

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