( Sad Songs & Waltzes is a recurring feature on Muzzle of Bees, where artists share their favorite sad songs. Previous contributors include Megafaun , Delta Spirit , Damien Jurado , Conrad Plymouth , and Roadside Graves .) With the year coming to a close next month I've been revisiting a lot of my favorite records from earlier in the year. One record that has continues to amaze me is Decibully's World Travels Fast , released on Listening Party Records . I wrangled BJ [...]
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Last night we heard the news that the father of modern anthropology and noted figure of structuralism Claude Lévi-Strauss passed away, aged 101. An important thinker of 21th century and one of the greats who did much to celebrate different cultures of the world. A proper way to thank him would be with a diverse selection around the world, that's when our friend Ozgur Uckan gave the keyword "Tristesse Tropiques". This selection is a collab between him and me, features music from Brasil, Angola, Hawaii, Egypt & Cuba, more or less around the tropics, and almost exclusively sad. [...]
" Kinda Bossa Nova Rhythm " 01. Thievery Corporation - Retaliation Suit Radio Retaliation (Eighteenth Street, 2008) 02. Vinícius de Moraes, Quarteto em Cy - Soneto Do Amor Total/Samba Em Preludio Bossa Nova & Samba Gold Collection (Musicrama, 2000) 03. Luiz Bonfá - Manha De Carnaval (Morning Of Carnaval) Orfeu Negro (1959) 04. João Donato - Tudo Tem Lugar [...]
What better way to celebrate St. Patty's Day than to listen to ten different versions of Brazil's "all-time best" song. Easily, this is one of my all-time favorite standards. This was the first version of this song I can remember hearing. It was around 1994. I was struck by how out of place the song sounded when heard with the other tracks on Breakaway. Art Garfunkel ∞ Waters of March The original song-writer: Antonio Carlos Jobim ∞ Aguas de Marco Some more for your [...]
The seductive sounds of João Gilberto, age 77, performing with just his guitar at Carnegie Hall (June 2008) Today's special post requires some explanation. Earlier this summer, as part of my Sunday Spotlight feature, I (we) had the chance to get to know singer/songwriter Alyssa Graham a little better ( back here ) . One of the juicy bits Alyssa shared was her admiration for the Father of Bossa Nova, legendary Brazilian singer and guitar player João Gilberto . Always [...]
. What lies lurk in kisses. ~ Heinrich Heine ~ . " Kisses. 2007. " 01. Tom Ze - Quero sambal meu bem Soul Jazz Records Presents Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound (Soul Jazz, 2006) 02. Quarteto Em Cy & Tamba Trio - Agua De Beber Bossa Nova Singers (2007) 03. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Lamento [...]
JORGE BEN Jorge Ben - Take It Easy My Brother Charlie "Of all the musicians who came to prominence in the 1960's, Jorge Ben has always seemed to be the one to whom music-making came easiest. Feted by the Bossa crowd, the Tropicalia crowd and even the rock musicians of the Jovem Guarda, Ben has always stood outside all those movements while being able to move freely between all of them." (furious.com) SERGIO MENDES AND THE BRAZIL 66 [...]
. " Samba and Guitar light mix " 01. Luiz Bonfa - Violao no Samba ( wiki ) Luiz Bonfa (1955) 02. Mônica Salmaso - Canto de Xangô Afro-Sambas (Gsp Records, 1997) 03. Baden Powell - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Vocal ( wiki ) Solitude On Guitar (1971) 04. Baden Powell - Consolação À [...]
Might as well stick with the Brazilian families. Cuz you can never have too much Brazilian music. Miúcha & João Gilberto begat Bebel Gilberto. Take a listen: Miúcha ~ Valsa de Eurídice Antonio Carlos Jobim & Miucha ~ Samba Do Aviao João Gilberto ~ De Conversa Em Conversa João Gilberto ~ Águas De Março Use some of you 25 [...]
There once was a blog called Swoon. Who left the blogsphere to soon. Before they quit they gave a mix of Brazilian themed tunes. João Gilberto ~ Valsa (Como São Lindos os Youg) Gilberto Gil ~ Lamento Sertanejo Astrud Gilberto ~ In The Wee Small Hours (All "Gilberto's". Get it?) Use some of you 25 FREE Downloads from eMusic to get more songs like these. Want more Party Tunes? Try the Party Tunes Tuesday label.
This party is for the Vernal Equinox. Pop a top and celebrate seventeen songs for spring!!! Jolie Holland ~ Springtime Can Kill You Tom Waits ~ You Can Never Hold Back Spring Sasha Dobson ~ Spring Is Just Around The Corner Joni Mitchell ~ Little Green Greg Brown ~ Spring & All Grant Lee Phillips ~ Spring Released Cheryl Wheeler [...]
Joao Gilberto - Aguas de Marco
João Gilberto is the godfather and master deliver of bossa nova . His 1959 debut album Chega de Saudade is considered the launch point for the Brazilian percussion-melodic samba genre. Gilberto does not use his guitar for bringing Zeus like power. He uses it in an angelic soft bop to the already beautiful vacation music. This music should be going through Hugh Hefner and James Bond's minds at all time. If you want to sit back and relax and 'wait til the time is right' flip the switch with this must have. [...]
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