Links printed in the text

The Brazilian Sound, information and CD/video/book sales www.thebraziliansound.com

Maria-Brazil, Brazilian culture site with many music-related pages and links www.maria-brazil.org

Universo Online, Brazil's largest web portal, offers a content-only subscription (currently $7 per month), which allows access to a searchable archive of thousands of complete tracks in streaming format, from all periods of recorded Brazilian music history, including the original recording of "Pelo Telefone" (1917) and many of the songs mentioned in this book; in Portuguese; instructions for subscribing available at author's web site www.uol.com.br

Allmusic, information on artists, genres, CDs; includes audio samples; free registration www.allmusic.com

Rounder Records, audio samples from its Brazilian CDs www.rounder.com

Luaka Bop, sample tracks from its Brazilian CDs www.luakabop.com

World Music Network, catalogue of the Rough Guide series, with audio samples www.worldmusic.net/catalogue/latin.html

Trama Records, artist information in Portuguese and audio samples www.trama.com.br

International Capoeira Angola Foundation www.capoeira.org

Cliquemusic, Brazilian commercial CD site in English www.cliquemusic.com.br/en/home/home.asp

Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira, Brazilian popular music dictionary, in Portuguese www.dicionariompb.com.br

Library of Congress country study for Brazil lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/brtoc.htm

Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas at Austin, Brazil resources www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/

BrazilMax, guide to travel and culture www.brazilmax.com

Brazzil magazine, includes frequent articles on music www.brazzil.com