Category: culture
Aquarela – Toquinho
13 Jan 2017 Toquinho – Aquarela (Watercolour) – 1983 Along with Romaria (Elis Regina version) and Canção da América (Milton Nascimento) this is another song from my childhood that makes me feel very emotional and melancholic whenever I hear it. I can’t even try to sing along to Canção da América because I always burst…
Berimbau makes a guest appearance
17 Oct 2016 A Sepultura song came up randomly on my music player giving me a light bulb moment and the inspiration for this list. If you can think of any add to the comments list or ping me! Note that this isn’t in any way a scientific or extensive list, however, I did find…
Learning Tom Zé
Learning Tom Zé I grew up vaguely aware of Tom Zé’s but it wasn’t something I listened to studiously at any period of my life, like I did with Chico Buarque, Elis Regina. I listened to Rita Lee a lot more than Tom Zé, for example. Then David Byrne from Talking Heads discovered him and…
Vivência Cultural 2016
6 Jun 2016 – Vivência Cultural 2016 Cobra Mansa, Janja, Tião Carvalho & more (haven’t figured out who yet) – Group Nzinga’s album, released in 2003 on YouTube. Mestra Janja e Mestra Paulinhahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_287vdQGRQc Mestra Janja (https://nzinga.org.br/ – Grupo Nzinga) was a guest of honour at Mestre Poncianinho’s event Vivência Cultural 2016, and indeed, what an…
Mestre Marcelo Angola visit to Mojubá
05 Feb 2016 – Mestre Marcelo Angola visit to Mojubá Tonight Mestre Marcelo Angola went to Dance Attic to teach the Friday class. I saw a fair bit of him last year, and his daughter, at various events in London and I always learn new tricks with him. His style is really beautiful and he…