Arthur Melo’s ‘Mirantes Emocionais’ Is Much More Than Vintage Vibes
Even at this young age, Arthur Melo has a careful hand and a grasp on what’s timely as he crafts dreamy new música popular brasileira on his luscious new LP.
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Bala Desejo’s ‘SIM SIM SIM’ Is a Tale of Narcissism and Privilege
In Bala Desejo’s SIM SIM SIM I hear a lack of self-awareness and embarrassing naiveté that only the wellborn can afford to experience.
Marisa Monte on Her Elegant New Dawn
Brazil’s queen of song Marisa Monte has launched a year-long international tour and talks with PopMatters about that and her latest album, Portas.
‘Portas’ Shows There’s Never a Wrong Place or Time for Brazil’s Marisa Monte
Marisa Monte’s first album in ten years is almost escapist in how its positivity and romance distance from Brazil’s current situation.
Evinha’s ‘Cartão Postal’: Revisiting the 50-year-old Brazilian Pop-Funk Gem
Evinha's Cartão Postal -- curated, produced, and performed in a way that entertains and thrills -- captures the best of Brazil's mainstream miscellany genres of the 1960s and 1970s.
São Paulo’s Céu Returns with a Fresh Perspective on ‘APKÁ!’
On Céu's APKÁ!, blissful interpretations of late-night dance music styles and high-heat MPB make for a multidimensional album of soulful energy, replete with her effortless sophistication.
Céu Goes Electropop on “Coreto” (premiere)
Brazil's Céu continues to bridge the gap between indie and mainstream with the soulful new electropop single "Coreto".
Ivan “Mamão” Conti Still Has the Chops for Sonic Mayhem on ‘Poison Fruit’
Now in his 70s, Brazilian drummer Ivan "Mamão" Conti still has the chops for sonic mayhem, both as percussionist and as more broadly experimental in his compositions.