Beyond Ipanema is a new documentary by Guto Barra and Béco Dranoff which premiered in July at the MoMA in New York. It tells the story of the USA’s decades-long love affair with Brazilian music, and features interviews with internationally successful Brazilian artists like Bebel Gilberto and Seu Jorge as well as a handful of living legends, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Caetano Veloso’
July 21, 2009
The King of Pop
From one King of Pop to another. For my money, this is right up there with the finest Jacko covers ever made. But if you can beat it, feel free to let me know. [via Krak Muzik]
April 27, 2009
(Fifty-)Second Album Syndrome
Shock news just in from Brazil: Caetano Veloso has released a new album, and it’s excellent. By my count, Zii e Zie is the Bahian legend’s 52nd official LP release, but while the hair and the Speedos of his heyday maybe a distant memory… …the quick wit and flair for melody are still 100% intact. Most of [...]
February 2, 2009
The Prodigy
Mallu Magalhães is a superstar in the making. Unheard of just a year ago, she went on to become the biggest noise in Brazilian pop music in 2008, largely off the back of a MySpace profile that racked up more hits than both legendary rockers Sepultura and the inexplicably popular novelist Paulo Coelho. Here’s the [...]
