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Aurea Alves — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:36:09 +0000

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FROM NEW YORK

Aurea Alves — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:43:18 +0000

The new music for a (time of) change.
By Giacomo Groff

All the elements are there. For the thirsty, it is water; for the hungry, it is bread; for the lonely it is love. It?s an artistic development that made me feel alive. And it?s unfair the way this music has captivated me.

A group led by the duo Rodrigo Antao and Pedro McCardell, makes music of such rare quality that I think it is very unlikely that anyone who comes across it has never told himself, in a very humble day, that he would have liked to create something like it. I hadn?t felt that way since the first time I listened to Lennon and McCartney, The Cure or The Smiths.

The music, spontaneous and notable for its poetic, evocative lyrics and atmosphere, is almost impossible to label. It feels neo Bauhaus. Pure. Clean. Sensual. It?s old fashionably modern and social-politically conscious.

The result also shows the partnership between the two poets behind the sound.

This group is the only inhabitant in a world that it created itself.

Check it out. It’s time worth living.

Giacomo Groff is Partner, Associate Director
Ogilvy & Mather, New York
(from http://taxi.zip.net in SEP, 14, 2008)

NEW SAMBA – RIO DE JANEIRO

Aurea Alves — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:43:58 +0000

SAMBA NA FONTE

The place could not be more symbolic to the Brazilian Music: a place named Salt Stone, where the composers like Donga, João da Bahiana, Sinhô and others used to gather in a bar to sing the first sambas, at the begin of the 20th century. So just at this place, in August 2007, some composers have joined to create a space where they could meet, discuss and share views, and most important: to sing their new compositions. The meeting’s name is Samba at Source (Samba na Fonte).

New contacts were born in these meetings as new partnerships and projects, always keeping the focus on cultural resistance and awareness on ethics, respect and responsibility that each one has with the legacy of the great masters and the ways by which they must lead the flag of the samba.
This is the way we found to do our part.

The space is open to composers who want to join the movement., every Wednesday from 19h to 23h00 at Largo João da Baiana, Pedra do Sal, Mauá Square – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

NEW SAMBA – SAO PAULO

Aurea Alves — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:46:27 +0000

It’s just a meeting of samba composers, singers, musicians and supporters of the samba that present their works directly to the public. The main feature of the Samba da Vela (something like Candle’s Samba) is to gather dozens of children, youth, adults and seniors in the outskirts of the city to hear samba in silence, a fact unprecedented in Brazil. Reflecting, transforming and renewing their shares, this meeting democratizes access to the culture through music and reveals new composers and promotes individual and collective changes.

The meeting was designed in 2000 by Alfredo Jose Goncalves de Miranda, members of Quinteto Branco e Preto, Magnu Sousa and Maurílio Marilton de Oliveira and Jose da Cruz. Those musicians and composers needing to sing e presente their music have founded a cultural movement. But they didn’t have meaning to the concept and the size of their representation for the new generation and supporters of our popular culture. The event grew up, setting up in the Casa de Cultura de Santo Amaro, which are always promoted to the weekly meetings.

One candle is lit and unpublished sambas are sung by the deletion of the flame. At the end notebooks are edited with the music of the day, which are published on the website of the Samba da Vela.

Several important composers and singers as Paulinho da Vila, Beth Carvalho, Luiz Carlos da Vila, from Rio and another cities, had visited and known this important project for the Brazilian popular music.

It takes place in Sao Paulo:

Every monday – 8:30PM

CASA DE CULTURA DE SANTO AMARO
Dr. Francisco Ferreira Lopes, n. 434
Santo Amaro – SP

ALESSANDRO PENEZZI – Brazilian virtuose

Aurea Alves — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:13:20 +0000

A brazilian which was born in Piracicaba (countryside city, near São Paulo). Alessandro Penezzi is a brazilian guitarist, composer and arranger. He studies music since he was seven years old and also plays many other musical instruments, such as the 7-string guitar, violão tenor (tenor guitar), cavaquinho (soprano guitar) mandolin and flute. He studied with Carlos Coimbra (Piracicaba), Jair T. de Paula (Tatuí), Sérgio Belluco (Piracicaba), João Dias Carrasqueira (SP), Marcos Cavalcanti and Ulisses Rocha (Unicamp). He studied classical guitar and graduated from Escola de Música de Piracicaba in 1997 and had his B. Sc. in Brazilian Popular Music in 2005 from Unicamp. As a teacher, Alessandro has worked at Unicamp (EM&T – Escola de Música e Tecnologia), giving brazilian guitar and cavaquinho classes.

As a group performer, Alessandro has joined with mandolinist Aleh Ferreira and cellist Júlio Ortiz, to create “Quintessência Trio”. Their group has made concerts in Russia, USA and Angola. Alessandro has played with great outstanding brazilian and foreign instrumental musicians, such as Yamandú Costa, Carlos Poyares, Toninho Ferragutti, Oswaldinho do Acordeon, Laércio de Freitas, Caíto Marcondes, Arismar do Espírito Santo, Maurício Carrilho, Pedro Amorim, Joel Nascimento, Conjunto Época de Ouro, Rogério Caetano, Caio Marcio and Ted Falcon.

He performed as a soloist with the Jazz Sinfônica de São Paulo orchestra and Filarmônica de São Bernando do Campo orchestra. He also played with great brazilian popular music singers: Beth Carvalho, Sílvio Caldas, Noite Ilustrada, Billy Blanco, Ivone Lara, Monarco, Nelson Sargento, Délcio Carvalho, Xangô da Mangueira, Riachão, Wilson das Neves, Francisco Petrônio, Wilson Moreira, Marília Medalha, Cristina Buarque and Mariana de Moraes. Works and prizes 2001:

His first solo CD “Abismo de Rosas” is released. In the same year, he is nominated semi-finalist at 4º Prêmio Visa de Música Brasileira with his group Trio Quintessência. 2002: His Trio Quintessência releases CD “A Quintessência da Música”. 2003: Concerts as a soloist in Italy. 2004: Awarded as third place in III Prêmio Nabor Pires de Camargo and nominee (as a soloist) at 7º Prêmio Visa de Música Brasileira. 2005: Participates at project “Violões do Brasil” together with Duo Assad, Guinga, Paulo Bellinati, Marco Pereira, Zé Menezes, Fábio Zanon, Gilvan de Oliveira, Toninho Horta, João Lyra and Quarteto Maogani, among others.

He also releases CD “Baba de Calango” with his ‘choro’ group “Choro Rasgado”. 2006: Awarded as third place in III Prêmio Nabor Pires de Camargo, together with 7-String guitarist Zé Barbeiro. CD “Baba de Calango” is nominated as “Best new artist” at “Prêmio TIM de Música Brasileira” awards. Also, Alessandro’s work as arranger is nominated as best soundtrack in “Gota D’água” (brazilian theater play of Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes), directed by Heron Coelho. Besides, he is invited to perform at brazilian musician Laércio de Freitas CD’s “Laércio de Freitas homenageia Jacob do Bandolim” (recorded in 2007). 2006: He releases his second CD “Alessandro Penezzi”, containing only authoral tracks. His musical guests in this work are: Beth Carvalho, Yamandú Costa, Amélia Rabello, Oswaldinho da Cuíca, Quinteto em Branco e Preto and Arismar do Espírito Santo, among other brazilian musicians. 2007:

Alessandro is recording one new CD with Maria Alice Vergueiro, outstanding brazilian theater actress, singing Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.

Now lauching his third album: Quintessência.

www.myspace.com/alessandropenezzi
www.youtube.com/apenezzi

MUSIC, ARE WE THE SAME?

Aurea Alves — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:39:22 +0000

“JELLY ROLL” MORTON (NEW ORLEANS/JAZZ)

http://www.redhotjazz.com/Jellyroll.html

** 1917 * *

SINHÔ (SAMBA/RIO DE JANEIRO)

http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/artistas/sinho.asp

SAMBA LOSES A MAN

Aurea Alves — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:17:28 +0000

XANGÔ DA MANGUEIRA

The former brazilian composer, Xangô da Mangueira, leaves a legacy of 170 songs, with various sambas recorded in the voices of Clara Nunes and Martinho da Vila, among others. Bastion of the samba, Xangô has died lucid, leaving us feeling sad and a little lost without his rustic voice. Nobody dies before the time, but we ever ask: why did he go to early, we loved him and his music so much. We could see him singing in the video bellow.

ANTÃO & MCCARDELL

Aurea Alves — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:49:55 +0000

New promise of Brazilian music in the world, the band 2 launches its debut album in the web

A band which doesn’t have a blog at MySpace, formed by two Brazilians, arouses the curiosity in the indie music circuit and fashion world of the Northern Hemisphere. Note the name, or the number 2.

Formed by musicians and poets Rodrigo Antão and Pedro McCardell they have just launched their debut album going against the traditional formats, freeing the entire CD for download @ www.thisis2.net

The idea is to promote the exchange of content on the site with Internet users and fans which can posting their own contents on the site to receive in return the tracks of the album. It can be sent pic, complete poem, illustration, a simple sentence, an emoticon. Just be creative and play.

The album is a delight, with melodic rock and pop appeal of freshness of a band is just in the begining. If you like Franz Ferdinand and White Stripes will like them too,

Antão and McCardell

“Catch Me” is the first single of work that already plays in some clubs and the iPods of some british Fashionists (EP reached the information through the marketing director of a powerful international grif, which aims to bring the band for playing in its event in London) . Other highlights of the album are “Ambulance”, “Acid Rain” and “Changing Your Ways.”

The dual has boarded just to London where they will meet CEOs of record labels such as Warner, Sony and Capitol, and shooting with Robert Astley Sparke and Phillipe Kliot, Mario Testino’s art director . Rush before the hype and get the download here. 09.01.2009

by SERGIO AMARAL @ http://erikapalomino.com.br/erika2006/lifestyle.php?m=7771&p=2

STAND BY ME

Aurea Alves — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:45:42 +0000

This video surely reflects the meaning of this blog. Music is a language with no boundaries. The song is driven by two street musicians and draws attention to the end, there is applause and a single dollar of someone from the audience as payment, ironic. It is the timing of the street. It is also the discreet presence of whites in favor of Indians and blacks. From Brazil, in Rio, alongside the Arcos da Lapa, César Pope performing cavaquinho. Musically very good.

Tip of Helion Póvoa my friend, the film was produced by Playing for Change Foundation. http://www.playingforchange.com

EDUARDO GUEDES

Aurea Alves — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:23:30 +0000

Eduardo Guedes

Brazilian, from Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo plays his guitar with a strong musical identity, so he has unique and distinctive style that makes his playing unmistakable. Very creative in their improvisation, owner of solid arguments, the melodies always go by the unexpected, interspersed with perfection inventive phrases, chords and musical reasons, just producing a sound environments that involve the audience in a unique atmosphere, full of euphoria, which emerge reborn with a new and exciting musical perspective.
His more than 20 years of dedication to music and experience in improvisation performing Brazilian and Latin rhythms, results in a musical maturity, a safety and a very extensive vocabulary, qualifying him to be among the greats of the instrument. With a repertoire that includes own songs , jazz themes, rock and even classics of Brazilian music, not just want to try to entertain and enrich the musical repertoire of the audience, but above all he shows the art in high level, speaking the truth with strings of his guitar.

Vespasiano A. Mobley.

Listen @ http://eduardoguedes.net