The soft strains of música popular brasileira (MPB) are fine for making breakfast in the morning as I tune into MPB FM, nothing too harsh before my café com leite. On the flip side, the overwhelming b…
Carnaval 2011 in Rio: Blocos, Sound Systems, Jamaican Carnival & Caetano Veloso
Written by: Gregzinho The mythic Carnaval of Rio de Janeiro entered with full force on Friday, March 4, though a bit wetter than usual thanks to the águas de março (Tom Jobim wasn’t making it up…
Tropicalismo CARNAVAL Edition this Thursday 2/17 in Philly with DJ Poirier!
PHILLY PULSOBEAT SPONSORED EVENT ALERT!! We are less than a month away from Brazil’s Carnaval spectacular, and tragically a fire struck the Cidade do Samba in Rio de Janeiro last week, destroyin…
FREE DOWNLOAD of Bomba Estereo’s ‘Fuego’ Remix by Maga Bo
Gotta thank Gregzinho for this one! Rio-based Maga Bo has sent out his official remix of everyone’s summer 2010 favorite, Bomba Estereo‘s ‘Fuego.’ With nary a month to go until…
Dancing Cheetah returns in 2011, bringing World Music 2.0 to the Carioca Ear
While the Northern Hemisphere has gone louco in the last few years for parties centered around nu whirld music / global ghettotech / world music 2.0, or today’s nom du jour, tropical bass, it…