Forró is the music of the working people across Brazil. Hmmmmm actually maybe thats not a fair assessment, forró is definitely the music of the masses in the Northeast of Brazil, and through massive internal migration to the cities of the Southeast, the style largely associated with the Northeast, became a national form. In the [...]
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Muhtadi International Drumming Festival
Muhtadi’s International Drumming Festival is taking place on Saturday June 5th and Sunday June 6th in Toronto’s Queen’s Park North.
Uma Nota with Samba Elegua & Circle Research!!
It is time again for Uma Nota, the delectable Toronto percussive melodic maelstorm of urban edge coolness that just don’t stop and don’t stop…
This edition features the socially deviant tree hugging samba misfits Samba Elegua and the Kensington Horns led by the fornacious saxaphonist Richard Underhill.
So Samba Elegua will take the stage, bring all their [...]
Dub Reggae in Brazil with Buguinha & co.
Brazil is the land of Reggae and Dub music remixes. Meet Buguinha, one of the crucial people behind the music movements in urban Brazil and a wicked deejay. Last Friday he and the Digital Dubs Sound Crew tore it up in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro.
Lula World Music Festival
Lula Lounge Toronto’s venerable venue for music from around the world will be hosting their Lula World festival this month from Wednesday may 5th until Sunday May 30th. Geez that’s a long festival…
Mother’s Day at Lula May 9th
I hope be home in the Tdot for mother’s day, mostly because I know that will make my mom happy. I would like to take her out for a nice dinner but I know she will probably want to cook for me… I suppose whatever makes her happy, right?
Looking for an idea for what to [...]
Musica Brasileira: Mestre Odilon
Odilon Costa, better know as Mestre Odilon, is one of the most famous Carioca (from Rio) samba-drumming masters. A charismatic man of bold stature and a gifted teacher, he is probably best known around the world for the book Batuque Carioca, that he co-authored with Guilherme Gonçalves. This book breaks down the drumming patterns of [...]
Luanda Jones Brazilian 4tet (w/Brownman Ali)!
Luanda Jones, the muse from Rio de Janeiro who last year released her CD in Toronto to some instant attention from the likes of Gian Gomeshi and the folks at CBC and just a few weeks ago presented her CD to her hometown in Rio, will be performing with a new quartet at the Trane [...]
K’naan, Global Troubadour
Ok… K’naan is not Brazilian. He is Somali. He is Canadian. He is Torontonian. He is a lot more. A musician, a poet, an artist, and a man with a lot of vision as to what it is to be an artist, make a living, and maintain your integrity in the world today.
This blog is [...]
In Concert: Roberto Carlos!!
The King of Brazilian Pop. The show takes place on two nights Sunday May 23rd and Monday May 24th at Massey Hall. Details and ticket purchase here. If you want to see the many faces of the Brasileiros that live in Toronto, come to this show
