Mixing samba with dub and drum'n'bass with funk, O Rappa has as its most visible features social criticism, racial awareness, and in attacks against police violence. The first album, O Rappa (1994), was celebrated only in small circles of the initiated, mostly in working-class suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Only the third CD, Lado B Lado A (1999), sold well: 150,000 copies in three months. In the same year, the music video for "Minha Alma" was nominated for seven categories on MTV Brasil's Vídeo Music Brasil, winning six of them; in the same year, the same music video won the Seventh Multishow Music Awards. In November 2000, drummer/composer Marcelo Yuka was shot and became parapalegic after he tried to avoid an assault by throwing his car against the bandits.( Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide )
One of the highly popular singers in the '40s and '50s throughout Brazil, Isaurinha Garcia recorded over 50 rpm and more than ten LPs during her career. The first Rainha do Rádio Paulista (Queen of São Paulo's Radio), in 1953, Garcia had hits in the '40s with "Aperto de Mão," "Mensagem," "De Conversa em Conversa" ( more )
" Rosinha de Valença was at her peak during the '60s when she was performing at the Bottle's nightclub in Rio (one of the focal points of bossa nova). In that decade, she was celebrated by important artists like Baden Powell, Maria Bethânia, Aloysio de Oliveira (who invited her to record her first album), Sérgio Mendes (with whom she and his band, Brasil 65, performed during an eight-month American tour), Sivuca, Martinho da Vila, and others. She was forced to abandon her artistic career prematurely in 1992 due to brain damage caused by a heart attack. She left her hometown for Rio de Janeiro in 1963, sitting in several nightclubs until she became acquainted with de Oliveira, who at the time owned the Elenco recording company. .... more
Samba de Elegua; 04:00 - Gostodo Venono / Gotas de Veneno / Senhora Liberdade
" A professional composer since 1972, Nei Lopes is respected for his partnership with Wilson Moreira and his research on samba, having had his compositions recorded by many important contemporary interpreters of the traditional samba. Lopes abandoned his career as lawyer to dedicate himself to music and writing in the early '70s. In 1972 he had his first composition recorded, "Figa de Guiné" (w/ Reginaldo Bessa), by Alcione. In 1973 he debuted as interpreter, recording two tracks for the LP Tem Gente Bamba Na Roda de Samba (Continental).... more
Brazilian interpretation of Pink Floyd's " Money ", live in Belém . 03:09
A net-released cover of " Dark Side of the Moon" by a Belém collective of musicians based around the group La Pupuña. The album has a strong brega influence amid the carimbo and other styles.
La Pupuña, who play a kind of psychedelic Amazonian surf rock broken by sound effects from the river– like the chug of long-tail boats and the call of birds. They have released a carimbó version of “Dark Side of the Moon” called “Charque Side of the Moon ” .
