During a presidential election year, questions are arising about the intentions of the producers of a film about the early life of the current president.
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Nova Onda Do Pelo: When Borders Collapse
Posted in January 5th, 2010
David Wehren is perhaps the quintessential trans-cultural modern musician: a Swiss drummer who splits his time among New York, Mali, Brazil and the mountains outside Lausanne while keeping his music Web-based to maintain artistic freedom, edge and reach. With the aid of Brazilian pop star Seu Jorge, his band Nova Onda do Pelo fuses many [...]
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Terry Gilliam: The ‘Imaginarium’ That Almost Wasn’t
Posted in December 19th, 2009
The director of Brazil and 12 Monkeys returns to the big screen this month with a new entry in his legendarily eccentric film catalog: a fantastical Imaginarium that almost didn’t get finished.
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Have Yourself A Funky Little Christmas
Posted in December 15th, 2009
NPR Music’s resident cratedigger, Egon sneaks a few unlikely Christmas songs into a world-spanning holiday playlist. With sources ranging from South Korea to the U.S. to Brazil, it’s a decidedly funk-driven way to celebrate the season.
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Lusophonic: A Portuguese Musical Tour
Posted in December 12th, 2009
The musical threads of the Portuguese-speaking world stretch from Europe to South America and even to Africa. Betto Arcos, host of Global Village on KPFK in Los Angeles, gives Guy Raz a musical tour of the latest in Lusophonic — or Portuguese-language — music from Cape Verde, Brazil and Portugal.
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Salvador Journal: Musician Changes Tone of Impoverished Village
Posted in October 12th, 2009
One of Brazil’s best-known artists founded a music school and a civic association that transformed his poverty-stricken native village.
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Brazil TV host turns himself in
Posted in October 10th, 2009
A Brazilian TV presenter who vanished after being accused of ordering killings to boost his show’s ratings, turns himself in.
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Accused Brazil TV host ‘missing’
Posted in October 7th, 2009
Police in Brazil say a TV crime show host accused of ordering killings to boost ratings has gone missing.
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Bridge: Teams Head Toward the Finals in Brazil
Posted in September 9th, 2009
At the world championships here, the finals of the Venice Cup, Bermuda Bowl and Senior Bowl begin Thursday.
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Bridge: In Brazil, a Sly Bit of Defense Thwarts a Slam
Posted in September 6th, 2009
At the world championships the 96-board quarterfinals began Sunday and were to conclude on Monday.
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Bridge: Deception Dupes Declarer
Posted in September 4th, 2009
At the world championships in São Paulo, Brazil, the qualifying round robins for the Venice Cup, Bermuda Bowl and Senior Bowl end on Saturday.
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Bridge: With a Fit in One Suit, Show the Other Suit
Posted in September 2nd, 2009
At the world championships in São Paulo, Brazil, the Venice Cup, Bermuda Bowl and Senior Bowl each contain 22 teams.
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Bridge: Stroke of Luck Earns Mexico Chance to Win World Title
Posted in August 28th, 2009
The World Bridge Championships opened on Saturday in São Paulo, Brazil.
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globalFEST: Marcio Local’s Rio-Style Funk
Posted in August 26th, 2009
Marcio Local is a big name in the Rio funk scene these days. Brazil’s love affair with American funk and soul is legendary, and Local is rightly seen as an inheritor of the musical mantle of the great Jorge Benjor. Here, he performs a quirky and energetic set from globalFEST 2009.
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Brazil TV host ‘ordered killings’
Posted in August 12th, 2009
Police in Brazil accuse a TV presenter of ordering killings to get rid of drug trafficking rivals and boost his show’s ratings.
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Arthur Verocai: Return Of A Brazilian Secret
Posted in August 10th, 2009
Composer, arranger and producer Arthur Verocai is largely unknown in his home country of Brazil, but worshiped by the likes of TV on the Radio, Cut Chemist and Madlib. Verocai’s varied career stretched from the heady psychedelia of O Terco (whose first album he arranged) to the gorgeous pop of the little-known duo Ana Maria [...]
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Bridge: Skill, Luck and a Trip to Brazil
Posted in July 10th, 2009
The U.S.A.-1 team will head for the Senior Bowl world championship in São Paulo, Brazil, at the end of August.
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Bridge: Avoiding the Percentage Play, and Now Heading for Brazil
Posted in June 8th, 2009
In the women’s trial in Sacramento, Calif., last month, the losing semifinalists played a 96-board match.
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Bridge: A High-Stakes Women’s Match Where 8 Imps Proved Crucial
Posted in June 5th, 2009
The winning semifinalists at the women’s trial in Sacramento, Calif., last month played a 96-board match to select the U.S.A.-1 team for this year’s Venice Cup world championship, which begins at the end of August in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Latin America special
Posted in March 20th, 2009
Explore Chile, trek to Brazil’s former diamond boomtown or laze in luxury at the Mayan Riviera
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Music Review | Brasil Fest: Brazilian Pop: Sambas With a Twist
Posted in March 16th, 2009
Two up-and-coming singers from São Paulo, Mariana Aydar and Jair Oliveira, made their New York solo debuts at the World Music Institute’s two-night Brasil Fest.
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Arts, Briefly: Actor in Brazil Refuses to Dub ‘Milk’
Posted in March 10th, 2009
A Brazilian actor who has dubbed Sean Penn’s voice into Portuguese in the past says he will not take a job re-recording Mr. Penn’s dialogue for the film “Milk,” Variety reported. Marco Ribeiro, a performer who supplied Mr. Penn’s voice in dubbed versions of the movies “All the King’s Men” and “21 Grams,” is also [...]
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Black is the new green
Posted in February 27th, 2009
Biochar is prized for its ability to revive the exhausted soil in Brazil’s Amazon basin. Scientists now wonder if this ancient product can prevent further global warming
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Viva the villa
Posted in December 13th, 2008
Sophy Roberts compiles a list of her favourite villas from Bali to Brazil
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Music Review | Red Hot + Rio 2: Brazil’s New Crop Nods to the Elders
Posted in December 6th, 2008
“Red Hot + Rio 2” flashed back to the 1970s at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Thursday, as singers took turns backed by a full band and horn section in songs from Brazil’s era of “samba soul.”
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Kaisers’ Peanut has appendix op
Posted in November 11th, 2008
The band’s keyboard player is resting in Brazil after having his appendix out in Sao Paolo last week.
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Bossa Nova Still Sexy At 50
Posted in October 9th, 2008
An export of Brazil, Bossa Nova is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Musician David Was says it’s still going strong and he reviews a new album by Bossa Nova great Toninho Horta, called To Jobim With Love.
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Bossa Nova Still Sexy At 50
Posted in October 9th, 2008
An export of Brazil, Bossa Nova is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Musician David Was says it’s still going strong and he reviews a new album by Bossa Nova great Toninho Horta, called To Jobim With Love.
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Music Review | Leny Andrade: Summoning the Woman From Ipanema, at Last
Posted in August 28th, 2008
To describe Leny Andrade as both the Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald of bossa nova only goes so far in evoking a performer whose voice seems to contain the body and soul of Brazil.
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Arts, Briefly: A Second Arrest in Art Theft in Brazil
Posted in August 8th, 2008
The police recovered two stolen Brazilian pieces when they arrested Edmilson Silva do Nascimento, 29, at this home on Wednesday.
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Brazilian Psych-Rock For A Night On The Porch
Posted in August 7th, 2008
In the 1970s in Recife, Brazil, a scene coalesced around a musician named Lula Cortes. An offshoot of the psychedelic rock scene happening around the world at the time, the movement created a handful of labels that recorded, produced and distributed some of the most beautiful music ever, perfect for hot summer nights.
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Arts, Briefly: Gil Out as Brazilian Minister
Posted in August 1st, 2008
Gilberto Gil stepped down as the culture minister of Brazil on Wednesday so he could give more time to his music and his family, The Associated Press reported.
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Brazil musician leaves government
Posted in July 30th, 2008
Singer and composer Gilberto Gil steps down after five years as Brazil’s culture minister to concentrate on his music.
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