Brazilian Song of the Day: Caetano Veloso (Soy Loco Por Ti, América, Live)
In looking for a video for Soy Loco Por Ti, América, I discovered this live version. There’s no date for the performance, but I’m going to guess it’s from the ’90s. For this version, he’s recast the...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: Gal Costa
Time for another key Tropicalista, Gal Costa. This track, from 1970, shows her at her most psychedelic. Its massively of its time—just a few seconds in and you’ll know this is a song from the late...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: Where It All Began pt.3 (Nazaré Pereira)
With a mind infected by English Settlement, my ears insatiable for new sounds thanks to the Pogues, when David Byrne returned from Brasil in the mid-’80s ready to share the music he’d fallen in love...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: Caetano Veloso (Um canto de afoxé para o Bloco do...
The next song in this week’s odd little countdown should be Caetano Veloso’s “Soy Loco por Ti America,” but I’ve featured that before. Twice. That gave me an excuse to link the song that would easily...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: Gilberto Gil
One could say, At long last! when it comes to the absence of Gilberto Gil from these pages for so long. Yes, he appeared with Jorge Ben Jor on their dazzling live album in this post and this post. But...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: Wayne Shorter with Milton Nascimento
Last week, I realized I had been completely negligent and failed to showcase any of Milton Nascimento’s work. This week I’m going to exorcize my shame by devoting the entire week to Nascimento and the...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: Caetano Veloso “Canto do Povo de um Lugar”
I’ve got exciting writing news. I’m working with a new critique partner/editor who has given me some challenging notes to work with. This means I’ve got a lot of hard writing work to do, so I’ll be...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: “Take It Easy My Brother Charlie”
I’m back from spending time with my family, including my brother Charlie, so sharing a bunch of variations of Jorge Ben Jor’s wonderful song, “Take It Easy My Brother Charlie” seemed like an easy win....
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