Music in Brazil John P. Murphy | Oxford University Press Global Music Series

Now that the dissertation on cavalo-marinho is going to be published, after all these years, it was amusing to come across these articles as I organize my archive.

Diario de Pernambuco, Oct. 22, 1990

It's interesting in this one that the journalist confused maracatu and cavalo-marinho, something that would not have happened a few years later, after the mangue phenomenon had brought much greater public attention to maracatu.

Diario de Pernambuco, Jan. 16, 1991

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The publication of my dissertation on cavalo-marinho in Pernambuco, in its Portuguese translation by André Bueno, is in the proof stage:

This New York Times article gives an overview of Miranda's career and describes a new Miranda DVD set:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/movies/homevideo/17dvds.html

Mestre Salustiano has his group A Rabeca Encantada (The Enchanted Rabeca) will perform in Rio de Janeiro.

http://www.caixacultural.com.br/html/main.aspx?idPrograma=440

Thanks to Jonathan Gregory for the link.

Mestre Inácio participated in this event in May 2008, which was organized by Alício Amaral and Juliana Pardo. São Luiz do Paraitinga is a city in São Paulo state. Here's the site for the event.

After I set it up so readers could request accounts, I started getting spam requests. You are welcome to request an account by sending me an email (be sure not to mention pharmaceuticals). Accounts are necessary for posting comments.

My essay on mangue beat and popular culture is now available in English and Portuguese.

Brazilian music in the news:

Luaka Bop Pernambuco compilation:

Chicago Reader
New Times (Miami)
AllAboutJazz
NY Daily News

DJDolores's new CD "1 Real"
Guardian (UK)

Scott Kettner's Nation Beat
SF Bay Guardian

While searching for Korean jazz, as I comment on a student thesis on that topic, I found this.

...are linked to the open access page.