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deusa dos orixas,
o leaonzinho, um canto de afoxé para o bloco do ilê (ilê ayê)
because it is rainy and dreary and already dark (pleh)
more Caetano. from the first Luaka Bop compilation of Brazilian music, Beleza Tropical
one o rio e mas baiano, minha vos minha vida
exploe coracao, sonho impossivel
Maria Bethania is one of the grande dames of Brazilian popular music. she has sang across styles and genres and made them her own.
this one will be familiar to fans of musical theater
ando meio desligado, panis et circenses, ave Genghis Khan
Tropicalia, Bat macumba
the fourth week of NaBloPoMo is dedicated to Brazilian music. as today is cloudy and cold, we'll start with some bouncy tunes from the Tropicalia movement of the late 1960s.
a couple of versions of the traditional "bat macumba"
si el poeta eres tu
Playa Giron
Silvio Rodriguez wrote this song while he worked on the “Playa Girón” fishing trawler. The boat was named, and the song was written, in honor of the men who helped fight off the 1961 invasion at Bahia de cochinos, better known as Bay of Pigs.
te recuerdo Amanda, caminemos, caminemos
Victor Jara was a Chilean teacher, singer, and poet. a couple of days after the coup d'etat that overthrew Chilean President Salvador Allende, Jara was arrested, tortured, and killed. the identity of those responsible has not been found.
in 1998, an album of Jara's songs, Tributo a Victor Jara, was released. here are a couple of tracks.
Sol y Lluvia, sings Caminando, caminando
Silvio Rodriguez sings one of Jara's best known songs, Te recuerdo Amanda
