SOUNDS OF NEW SAMBA.Byline: - David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life She's a large woman from a former Portuguese colony, her delightful tropical music infused with both the wistful sounds of Lisbon's fado sound and the bouncier rhythms of African-influenced cultures she grew up around. And no, it's definitely not Cesaria Evora of Cape Verde Cape Verde (vûd), Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (2005 est. pop. 418,000), c.1,560 sq mi (4,040 sq km), W Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 mi (480 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. . It's Virginia Rodrigues of Brazil's Bahia region, and she's playing at 8 tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall. Rodrigues has been hailed as a post-modern diva of new samba, with a style that circles back to the roots Back to the roots, also called Spurensuche, is a program by the Republic of Austria's well established exchange-programm. Whereby a group of 15 young Israelis, who have Austrian family roots, are invited to Austria and together with 15 young local Austrians do research about their of that easy-on-the-ears sound. Her 1997 Narada album, ``Sol Negro,'' featured musical direction by one of the giants of Brazilian music, fellow Bahian Caetano Veloso, and a string of influences that range from Catholicism and condomble to black vernacular music. Now she's a star of MPB MPB Musica Popular Brasileira MPB Mountain Pine Beetle MPB Male Pattern Baldness MPB Most Precious Blood (band) MPB Mississippi Public Broadcasting MPB Ministry of Planning and Budget (South Korea) , the Portuguese-language acronym for Brazilian Popular Music, after growing up dirt poor in a favela favela In Brazil, a slum or shantytown. A favela comes into being when squatters occupy vacant land at the edge of a city and construct shanties of salvaged or stolen materials. and working as a domestic and a manicurist before being discovered by Veloso. You should discover her, too. Grab a listen to one of the new stars of Brazil's mother lode of music. |
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