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01/01/2025

Brazil Meets Italy -- Closing 2024, I got news of an upcoming new release by Mafalda Minnozzi. Her new album will be in stores on February 7, 2025: Riofonic. Produced by Paul Ricci and recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Riofonic features jazz performer Mafalda Minnozzi singing Brazilian Bossa Nova classics in the company of some stellar and familiar names, including…...

Brazil Meets Italy — Closing 2024, I got news of an upcoming new release by Mafalda Minnozzi. Her new album will be in stores on February 7, 2025: Riofonic. Produced by Paul Ricci and recorde…

11/18/2024

A Magical Christmas Under the Southern Cross -- Nothing says Christmastime any better than lying on a beach in Rio de Janeiro in the middle of December and listening to the husband/wife team Romero Lubambo and Pamela Driggs. Don't panic about the weather! In the Southern Hemisphere, Christmastime happens in the heat of summer. This album is a wonderful companion for those dreary winter days we will soon be experiencing in the Northern Hemisphere....

A Magical Christmas Under the Southern Cross — Nothing says Christmastime any better than lying on a beach in Rio de Janeiro in the middle of December and listening to the husband/wife team R…

07/29/2024

Heloísa Fernandes Quarteto
Ao Vivo no teatro Sesc Consolação, São Paulo, 2022
by Kees Schoof
"Live" -- Even More Impressive!

05/27/2024

Josee Koning: Doce Presença (feat. Ivan Lins)
Back on Track
Kees Schoof writes, "this is a wonderful collaboration between two friends who understand each other very well through their mutual love for Brazilian Music," and "certainly was worth waiting for." Check out the complete review in MusicaBrasileira.org.

05/21/2024

Brazilian Twist on Cole Porter Classics -- Just in time to heat things for your summer listening pleasure, producer/composer/arranger/pianist Antonio Adolfo releases a beautiful new album. A year ago, I talked about the fantastic Bossa 65 album. Now, here comes yet another of his internationally recognizable releases of fantastic arrangements and impeccable deliveries that only Adolfo and his musicians know how to do....

Brazilian Twist on Cole Porter Classics — Just in time to heat things for your summer listening pleasure, producer/composer/arranger/pianist Antonio Adolfo releases a beautiful new album. A y…

04/29/2024

An On-Going Romance with Brazil A Kiss for Brazil is not Karrin Allyson's first incursion into Brazilian music. I would not need to list her previous albums here to convince you she truly has an affinity for the Brazilian songbook. Karrin Allyson (1962, Great Bend, Kansas) does not shy away from singing in Portuguese or choosing a less obvious repertoire from the Brazilian songbook....

An On-Going Romance with Brazil A Kiss for Brazil is not Karrin Allyson’s first incursion into Brazilian music. I would not need to list her previous albums here to convince you she truly has…