Between 12 and 14 November 2011 the city of Paulínia, in the state of São Paulo, will be host to the second edition of the SWU festival, the Brazilian Woodstock. Among the bands lined-up for this year, The Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Dog, Peter Gabriel, Duran Duran, Faith no More, Alice in Chains and Sonic [...]
There is now official confirmation. The SWU Music and Arts Festival (the Brazilian Woodstock) will take place at the Fazenda Maeda near the city of Itú, 100 km from São Paulo, on the 9, 10 and 11 October. Ticket prices and information here. The bands confirmed so far are: Dia 10: Dave Matthews Band, Kings [...]
Brasil, Brasil is a superb 3-hour program produced by the BBC containing a comprehensive review of Brazilian music. Here’s the link to the BBC’s website with all the data on the documentary series: Brasil, Brasil. If you search on YouTube you will find the entire documentary divided into multiple chunks to allow for easier visualization. [...]
This is the 7th of ten entries entries presenting videos from the artists I wrote about at Top 10: Brazilian music (B-sides). I am following the alphabetical order I used on that entry. The seventh artist on the list are O Rappa. Exceptionally I have included three clips on the entry. They are one of [...]
This is the 5th of ten entries entries presenting videos from the artists I wrote about at Top 10: Brazilian music (B-sides). I am following the alphabetical order I used on that entry. The sixth artist on the list is Marina de la Riva. As she doesn’t have an huge promotional backup her material is [...]
