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Music to connect mind, body and soul

While I was putting myself under the added pressure for this blog to launch by a certain date, so that I could reach a captive audience of high quality, I could not cut corners with Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian composer who is now in his 70s, is an icon of the Brazilian popular music. The […]

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The Legendary Gilberto Gil at WOMAD 2013

This year’s WOMAD, one of the biggest World Music Festivals, is packed with the very best. One big highlight is Gilberto Gil, the Brazilian musician with a long history of political activism. Gil is one of the main minds behind the Tropicalia musical movement, which was not just about art, but also a witty and […]

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Mick Jagger meets the Queen of the night

Two different artists with equal talent. Two different styles with equal strength.  Here we have Edson Cordeiro, a singer capable of reaching from Baritone to Soprano notes creating an explosive fusion with rock-roll star Cassia Eller. In this justaposition of Mozart’s Queen of the Night from the Opera The Magic Flute with Mick Jagger’s Satisfaction, […]

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