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The Huffington Post weighs in this week with its Top 10 Global Albums of 2009 ...
Djavan, Caetano Veloso, Dori Caymmi, Milton Nascimento, Antonio Carlos Jobim. Say what you will - ...
You’ve probably seen them lining the supermarket shelves all over the United States: Fruit drinks ...
A casual invitation by harmonicist Toots Thielemans led to a Scandinavian vacation for Elis Regina ...
By Sean Chaffin, Editor/Senior Writer Last Updated: December 22, 2009; 11:05 pm CT Looking to add a ...
This past St. Patrick’s Day marked what would have been the 90th birthday of the ...
By Sean Chaffin, Editor/Senior Writer Last Updated: October 14, 2009; 9:20 pm CT English may be the new ...
By Sean Chaffin, Editor/Senior Writer Last Updated: October 8, 2009; 9:00 pm CT Ready to travel to Rio? ...
Tickets, Please   I promised to keep you posted on the ups and downs of my recent ...

Brazil Leads Award Count At Latin Grammys

By Scott Adams, Publisher “And the winner is”: There were a lot of Brazilian musical greats receiving statuettes this past Thursday night at the Latin Grammys, which – unlike last year when the Brazilian ceremony was held separately in São Paulo – ...
Brazil Leads Award Count At Latin Grammys

Brazil on the Barbie

By Sean Chaffin, Editor/Senior Writer Posted on November 6th, 2009     With Rio staging the 2016 Olympics, why not taste a bit of Rio this weekend? Brazilian churrascarias not only a detour into a uniquely Brazilian cuisine, but a trip into the country’s ...
Brazil on the Barbie

Bebel Gilberto Launchs ‘09 US Tour

    By Scott Adams, Publisher Posted on: November 03, 2009         There’s no doubt that one of the hottest releases of the Brazilian spring: leaving her longtime label home at six degrees for Verve Music provided a change of scenery that may have provided ...
Bebel Gilberto Launchs ‘09 US Tour

November’s Theme at Connectbrazil.com & The Sounds of Brazil radio/webcast

A turn of the calendar begins a the final eight weeks of 2009, and its perfect opportunity to celebrate the Bossa Best -with our theme ‘It's Bossa Nova, Baby'. New weeklong shows every Saturday!   07 - Oscar Castro-Neves 14 - The Legacy of Sergio ...
November’s Theme at Connectbrazil.com & The Sounds of Brazil radio/webcast

Rio Reflections

By Sean Chaffin, Editor/Senior Writer Posted on: October 22, 2009; 8:29 pm CT   Rio de Janeiro is an amazing city with wonderful music, unique culture, inspiring geography, and charming people. But why take just our word for it? With “Rio Reflections” as our ...
Rio Reflections

Alegria Rio: 2016!

By Sean Chaffin, Editor/Senior Writer Last Updated: October 2, 2009; 12:15 pm CT.     Bob Costas – live from Rio. That’s right, get ready for Rio de Janeiro 2016. First Brazil nabbed the World Cup in 2014, and now the Olympics. Today it’s official, the Olympic ...
Alegria Rio: 2016!

Cry Of Conscience

by Scott Adams, Publisher . It was a remarkable opportunity: A chance to spend a few afternoons with one of Brazil's greatest songwriters. But Caetano Veloso is much more than that: a poet, a painter, an author and cultural warrior. And the timing ...
Cry Of Conscience

Brazil – ready for some football?

Football season is here again. Green fields, raucous crowds, college bands and pageantry, and thunderous hits. And in futebol-mad Brazil – amateur futebol Americano has grown in popularity and now boasts regional championships across the country. Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach ...
Brazil – ready for some football?

Jersey Boys

  If you’re a lover of Brazilian culture (and particularly its sports scene), you probably have been dragged into an argument about the greatest athletic superstar of all time. In one corner is an American sports enthusiast, who will almost always ...
Jersey Boys

Always Bet on Green (…and yellow, and blue, too).

It was Texas Holdem with a Brazilian twist on July 20 in Las Vegas. Alexandre Gomes, clad in a green and gold jacket, became the first Brazilian to win on the World Poker Tour. Cheered on by Brazilian friends, Gomes ...
Always Bet on Green (…and yellow, and blue, too).

Brasilia embraces festival

Brazil’s capital Brasilia was the focus of religion and religious music over the weekend as part of the annual "Folia de Reis" festival. The festival celebrates the Three Wise Men’s visit to the Christ child. The event highlights the importance of ...
3 February 2010 I Read the full story

Dionne Warwick’s Brazil

No stranger to Brazil and Brazilian sounds, Dionne Warwick plays San Francisco on Feb.6 at the historic Castro Theater. The show is part of an 11-date string of concerts wrapping up in September. Warwick has been recording for more than four ...
4 February 2010 I Read the full story

Lone Star Carnival

Texas gets in on the Carnival scene with the live-music hotbed of Austin hosting the Carnaval Brasileiro on Feb. 20 at the Palmer Events Complex. Billed as one of the largest Brazilian carnivals outside of Brazil, this annual party has been ...
3 February 2010 I Read the full story

Dreaming of Rio

Got Rio de Janeiro on your mind? The San Diego Reader offers up a short, but nice travel feature on Brazil. As Carnival approaches, Rio might be on many minds and look for our own Carnival feature soon. The Reader offers ...
31 January 2010 I Read the full story

Dionne Warwick’s Brazil

February - 4 - 2010 Reporter: Sean Respond

No stranger to Brazil and Brazilian sounds, Dionne Warwick plays San Francisco on Feb.6 at the historic Castro Theater.

February’s Brazilian Datebook

February - 3 - 2010 Reporter: Scott Adams Respond

February’s Brazilian Datebook

Brasilia embraces festival

February - 3 - 2010 Reporter: Sean Respond

Brazil’s capital Brasilia was the focus of religion and religious music over the weekend as part of the annual “Folia de Reis” festival.

Lone Star Carnival

February - 3 - 2010 Reporter: Sean Respond

Texas gets in on the Carnival scene with the live-music hotbed of Austin hosting the Carnaval Brasileiro on Feb. 20 at the Palmer Events Complex.

Scholars tackle Brazilian sounds

January - 31 - 2010 Reporter: Sean Respond

The University of California-Riverside will be hosting scholars from Brazil and the U.S. to focus on Brazilian music and its place in Brazilian society in an upcoming conference.

Dreaming of Rio

January - 31 - 2010 Reporter: Sean Respond

Got Rio de Janeiro on your mind? The San Diego Reader offers up a short, but nice travel feature on Brazil.

Mosaic TV - Gal Costa & Guinga

January - 31 - 2010 Reporter: Scott Adams Respond

Gal Costa & Guinga perform Jobim’s “Chega de Saudade” at the Kaiser Bock Winter Festival in São Paulo, 1997.

Mosaic TV - Guinga “Que Nem Manequim”

January - 31 - 2010 Reporter: Scott Adams Respond

Guitarist and singer Guinga performs “Que Nem Manequim”

Mosaic TV - Guinga & Banda Mantiqueira

January - 31 - 2010 Reporter: Scott Adams Respond

Guinga & Banda Mantiqueira play “Samba de um Breque” at the Kaiser Bock Winter Festival in São Paulo - 1997

Two for Brazil is back

January - 25 - 2010 Reporter: Sean Respond

Good news for fans of saxophonist Greg Fishman and singer-guitarist Paulinho Garcia – Two for Brazil may soon be a twosome again.

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