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Currently writing ‘A Walk in the Free World: Other Music in Brazil’ • Sonny Rollins Bridge Project • urban planner • amateur
Saw the Chilean stop-motion film ‘A Casa Lobo’ today in São Paulo, w. live score performed by MNTH, Douglas Leal, & Philip Somervell
Nadia Soledad • O Ronco Da Onça (The Jaguar’s Roar) [EP] 🇧🇷 built from field recordings made in the Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest) out today • Tropical Twista Records tropicaltwistarecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadia-...
Bruno Berle’s third album ‘Sem Fronteiras’ (Without Borders) is out today. Picked up a copy at the show last night.
Negro Leo • White Elephant 🇧🇷 2-LP retrospective September 18 • Hive Mind Records hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/white-...
Nyron Higor’s band tonight included Pedro Lacerda on drums (far L), Phylipe Nunes Araújo on 🎸, bass, & v (2nd from R), & batata boy (far R) on 🎹 & electonics. This new generation from northeast (Nordeste) 🇧🇷 has been making waves. Higron & batata are from Maceió & Araújo is from Recife.
Metá Metá, in São Paulo: Juçara Marçal, Kiko Dinucci, & Thiago França 📸 Jeff Caltabiano
Metá Metá on Jards Macalé’s “Let’s Play That” which they’ve been performing since his death in late 2025
You can please some of the people all of the time (w. apologies to John Lydgate for quoting in reverse order)
At the end of 2024, I wrote about São Paulo Underground’s “Jagoda’s Dream” for the New York Times. Mazurek spent close to a decade living in 🇧🇷 & still keeps close ties. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/a...