music

Aquarela – Toquinho

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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 … Read more

Mestre Canjiquinha toques

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Mojubá Music Lesson – 14 December 2016 In class tonight Mestre Poncianinho taught us one of the toques at the end of this album, where Mestre Canjiquinha plays various (unnamed, as far as we know) toques. (from 28:15) We practiced this one: Direct link, in case the player above doesn’t work. When I was going … Read more

Berimbau makes a guest appearance

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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 … Read more

Learning Tom Zé

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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 … Read more

New songs with Mestre José Antônio

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29 June 2016 New songs with Mestre José Antônio Mestre Zé Antônio has been in Europe for the last month or so. He came to Mestre Poncianinho’s event Vivência cultural 2016 and then went off to various events in Europe. This week is his last week and then he’s going back to Brazil. Tonight’s class … Read more