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Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: Joao Gilberto, whatever I say about the man won’t amount to equal the personal admiration I have for him. This is a man, born in Bahia, who from a young age was unlocking the essence of oneness with the world. If Tom opened his eyes to the world,…
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Track of the Day, World Cup Edition: Guess what starts today? The World Cup of course. If ever there was a draft to represent Brazil in the game of music Jorge Ben would undoubtedly be its number 10, its Pele, its futbol creative playmaker. I don’t say this lightly, but if anyone figured out God’s…
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Track of the Day: On Monday the US Soccer men’s national team descended into São Paulo kicking off their final week of World Cup preparation before next Monday’s super important opening match against Ghana. I can only imagine what the sensation of arriving into the largest city in Brazil could entail. Its such a fixture…
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Another artist that truly knew his way around using Brazilian music to a different end was Michael Franks. Heavily mustachioed, more than a bit lecherous at times, but when tempered with his obvious talent knew how to create some of the smoothest Brazilian-inflected R&B jazz…one that would serve as a big influence on artists like…
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The following tracks of the day before Thursday are all preludes to my full out month long dive into Brazilian music. I say this because my track of the day Captain Beyond’s “Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Time Since Come and Gone)” touches on something I’ve been worried about. I sometimes wonder where all the great…
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I begrudgingly love to wake up early. For me, its one of the few times of the day when the world gives you a breather to take in sounds, sights, and smells you couldn’t normally experience. The only problem is that your body, as its wont to do, struggles to be as alive as the…
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Man, Ole Blue Eyes. It took me a long time to warm up to him. Now I can’t help but appreciate the man. This track called Dindi is off the “Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim” album. This widely known hard-ass from NJ, when he lets his facade down, is really a sensitive and flawed…
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Can I say how much I love Fridays! That’s when the finish line is there. Get over that line with this great samba funk track “Nereci” from Djavan. Ooof Dat bassline! This bass rhythm combined with his Nordeste samba guitar just grabs you by the knees and propels you forward.
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