Articles tagged "gilberto gil"

Column: Global Beat Fusion

Beyond the Bubble of the Grammys

by Derek Beres

[11.Feb.09] :. The Grammys suffer from the same problem as the rest of the recording industry: thinking America defines culture.

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News

These days, Brazil’s Gilberto Gil builds musical, social revolution from within

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[17.Jun.08] :. Artists such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails recently enjoyed huge publicity windfalls by distributing their music for free online, but they’ve got a way to go before catching up to Brazilian...

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Music Review

Os Mutantes: Mutantes Live

by Michael Keefe

[13.Nov.07] :. Nearly 40 years after the Brazilian psychedelic rock band helped spearhead the Tropicalista movement, Os Mutantes return with this double-live celebration.

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Music Feature

Brazilian Minister of (Counter) Culture: Gilberto Gil

by Evelyn McDonnell [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[11.Apr.07] :. Tropicalia fused nationalistic interest in native cultural forms with the heady changes of international pop culture -- it mixed samba and rock. As Gil said recently, it was "the last modernist movement and the first postmodernist one."

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Column: South Meridian

Tropicália: Brazil’s Musical Revolution Turns 40

by Marcelo Ballvé

[2.Feb.07] :. Tropicália would combine the cosmopolitan sensibilities and lyrical precision of rock with the entire geological depth of Brazil's considerable musical tradition.

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