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Learning Curve

Clube do Choro revives a much-beloved Brazilian tradition

By Lissette Corsa
Apr 3, 2003

In Brazil, choro continues to be heard amid a rich musical landscape. After nearly becoming extinct during the emergence of bossa nova in the early Sixties, choro (pronounced "shóro" in Portuguese, the word literally means "I cry") has fluctuated in popularity, finally benefiting from a more lasting, if unlikely, renaissance...
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán

Mambo Sinuendo "Perro Verde"

By Lissette Corsa
Feb 6, 2003

Ry Cooder almost didn't get to make Mambo Sinuendo. Partly to blame, because of its megasuccess, was his Buena Vista Social Club LP, the best-selling album in world-music history. Indeed Cooder was this close to being denied his latest experimental excursion into Cuban music. Produced in Havana in 1996, Buena...
Living Legend

Caetano Veloso tells the tropical truth

By Lissette Corsa
Nov 21, 2002

My heart of hearts shouted Pele, Pele -- full of power, with one foot in Africa. How great to be a beautiful people who dance, dance, dance. How great to make music. The power comes from that stone that sings Itapoa; it speaks Tupi, it speaks Yoruba. Caetano Veloso sang...
Gilberto Gil

Kaya N'Gan Daya "Warner International"

By Lissette Corsa
Nov 7, 2002

Nearly 25 years ago Gilberto Gil hit big in Brazil with a Portuguese version of Bob Marley's anthem "No Woman No Cry." Now the Brazilian legend pays tribute to the Jamaican legend once again, this time with an entire album honoring the king of reggae. In Brazil, Bob Marley and...
Home Bodies

Brazilian superstars Skank play for their own kind -- which is a shame, because they play really good

By Lissette Corsa
Aug 8, 2002

Even though the Brazilian group Skank ventures far in its relentless exploration of sounds -- mixing Brazilian pop with Jamaican ska and reggae and, more recently, adding Sixties psychedelic Brit rock to the repertoire -- and even though it has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America, in...

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