musicinbrazil.blogspot.com

Mon, 2010-12-27 11:53 — John Murphy

I have moved the small collection of blog posts at musicinbrazil.blogspot.com to this site to keep things simple and have everything in one place.

Welcome

author (L) sitting in with Arlindo dos Oito Baixos

This is the companion site for my book, Music in Brazil: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, in the Oxford University Press Global Music series. It's intended for students and teachers who are using the book as well as general readers and Brazilian music fans. That's me in the photo, at left, sitting in with Arlindo dos Oito Baixos (him: cool and relaxed; me: concentrating like crazy in order to avoid pushing when I should pull and vice versa).

Here you will find text, audio, and video resources to supplement the book and my blog with news of current events in Brazilian music.

This site is not to be confused with the official Oxford University Press Global Music Series companion site. Don't have a copy yet? Try the Oxford University Press catalog or amazon.

Pedalando em Recife

Sat, 2011-09-17 12:54 — John Murphy

Not music related, but helps me cope with saudades for living in Recife:

Pedalando em Recife, a blog that promotes bicycling there.

Sérgio Gusmão's YouTube channel

Fri, 2011-07-08 22:01 — John Murphy


Sérgio Gusmão has a channel for programs about culture and tourism. In Portuguese.

New CD by Caçapa

Fri, 2011-07-01 08:46 — John Murphy

The violeiro Caçapa has a new CD, Elefantes na Rua Nova. The site for it is fantastic. It even has animated scores. Thanks to Lula Marcondes for the link. He also sent this link to music by Cláudio Rabeca.

Samba de roda in Bahia

Mon, 2011-05-23 07:36 — John Murphy

This video provides a sample of samba de roda in the Recôncavo of Bahia. It was recorded by André Bueno and Fernanda Guimarães and edited by Cecília Engels. It was made with the support of Casa Mestre Ananias, a center for the study of Bahian culture in São Paulo.

New correction

Mon, 2011-05-16 13:08 — John Murphy

There is a new correction for page 12 on the corrections page. Thanks to Andy Hentz for calling this to my attention.

Track by Cut Chemist with Brazilian sounds

Mon, 2011-01-31 23:00 — John Murphy

Thanks to Jack Murphy for the link.

Ten Years Ago Today at Arlindo's House

Fri, 2011-01-21 12:26 — John Murphy

On Jan. 21, 2001 I made the video recording at Arlindo's house that is available here.

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