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Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento on his long overdue show at Ronnie Scott’s

February 1, 2013 by Ronise Nepomuceno 2 Comments

Milton Nascimento opened the year of 2013 in London, with a show at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. With an already busy schedule, it was not possible to get a face to face interview with him before the show. Nevertheless, I managed to say “hi” and personally thank him for an email interview done a few […]

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Americas, Artists, Hybrid Styles, Milton Nascimento
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Mauricio Tizumba

Tizumba: rescuing and valuing Afro-Brazilian culture

January 4, 2013 by Ronise Nepomuceno 5 Comments

I have planned to write about Tizumba since the first edition of Berimbaudrum. I could never get away with talking about the Music from Minas Gerais, without talking about Maurício Tizumba. When I met him during the Freshers week at Fafi-BH in 1990, we could all see that there was more to that musician. His broad smile […]

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Folk, Hybrid Styles, Maurício Tizumba, Samba, Traditional
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Yours & Mine Portrait

Yours & Mine: Retro tunes with a modern twist

December 1, 2012 by Ronise Nepomuceno 1 Comment

Yours & Mine has just released the debut single “Crying”.  The  three piece Indie-Pop band, based on the Isle of Wight, was formed in 2011 after Marc Dyer (vocals and guitar) and Nathan Webber (drums and backing vocals) got together for a few practices and then decided to play songs written by Marc. Later, they asked […]

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Europe, Hybrid Styles, Retro 50s & 60s, Yours & Mine
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