Rod Taylor
Occasional blogger of recent Brazilian musics.
When people ask you to choose the lesser evil, ask yourself how much you need to keep playing their game.
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When people ask you to choose the lesser evil, ask yourself how much you need to keep playing their game.
https://brazilbeatblog.wordpress.com/
2024, Part Twobrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Aguidavi do Jêje, Aguidavi do Jêje (2023) – Perscussion. Lots of percussion. Sometimes nothing but percussion and voice. Always impressive, but also, as percussion albums can do, a bit repetitive. It'...
2024, Part Twobrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Aguidavi do Jêje, Aguidavi do Jêje (2023) – Perscussion. Lots of percussion. Sometimes nothing but percussion and voice. Always impressive, but also, as percussion albums can do, a bit repetitive. It'...
2024, Part Onebrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Anitta, Funk Generation – Brazil's reigning superstar didn't get to the top by sucking, so of course she puts out competent+ albums. Formally, the most interesting thing about her latest is that only ...
Lonely Womanopen.spotify.com Tomentosa Tez · Song · 2024
Aterciopeladosbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Roaring out of Colombia in the mid-'90s, Aterciopelados established itself as one of the top rock en Español act that gained international exposure in that decade. The act traces its roots to the shor...
Aterciopeladosbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Roaring out of Colombia in the mid-'90s, Aterciopelados established itself as one of the top rock en Español act that gained international exposure in that decade. The act traces its roots to the shor...
Favorite Albums of 2023brazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Looking back over my previous top ten lists, 2023 holds up well. The longer I've been at this, the more proficient I've gotten to finding good albums thanks to a mix of algorithms and sources. Also my...
Favorite Albums of 2023brazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Looking back over my previous top ten lists, 2023 holds up well. The longer I've been at this, the more proficient I've gotten to finding good albums thanks to a mix of algorithms and sources. Also my...
Favorite Albums of 2023brazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Looking back over my previous top ten lists, 2023 holds up well. The longer I've been at this, the more proficient I've gotten to finding good albums thanks to a mix of algorithms and sources. Also my...
Favorite Albums of 2023brazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Looking back over my previous top ten lists, 2023 holds up well. The longer I've been at this, the more proficient I've gotten to finding good albums thanks to a mix of algorithms and sources. Also my...
Favorite Albums of 2023brazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Looking back over my previous top ten lists, 2023 holds up well. The longer I've been at this, the more proficient I've gotten to finding good albums thanks to a mix of algorithms and sources. Also my...
2023 Playlistbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com After a couple of years of just listing stuff until I got bored, this year I limited my playlist to 40 songs. I also emphasized tracks from albums that won't make my top ten list, albeit those albums ...
2023 Playlistbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com After a couple of years of just listing stuff until I got bored, this year I limited my playlist to 40 songs. I also emphasized tracks from albums that won't make my top ten list, albeit those albums ...
2023 Playlistbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com After a couple of years of just listing stuff until I got bored, this year I limited my playlist to 40 songs. I also emphasized tracks from albums that won't make my top ten list, albeit those albums ...
2023, Part Eightbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Bixarte, Traviarcado – Maybe it's the northeastern rhythms and the commitment to place they represent. Or maybe she's just better at making music, but Bixarte's latest tops all the stars I recently ...
2023, Part Eightbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Bixarte, Traviarcado – Maybe it's the northeastern rhythms and the commitment to place they represent. Or maybe she's just better at making music, but Bixarte's latest tops all the stars I recently ...
2023, Part Eightbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Bixarte, Traviarcado – Maybe it's the northeastern rhythms and the commitment to place they represent. Or maybe she's just better at making music, but Bixarte's latest tops all the stars I recently ...
2023, Part 7: Lightning Roundbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com The good stuff that won't quite make the cut for my 2023 wrap up. Plus a stinker or two. ÀTTØØXXÁ, Groove – One hundred percent black music, the cover promises, and as long as you're not silly e...
2023, Part 7: Lightning Roundbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com The good stuff that won't quite make the cut for my 2023 wrap up. Plus a stinker or two. ÀTTØØXXÁ, Groove – One hundred percent black music, the cover promises, and as long as you're not silly e...
2023, Part 7: Lightning Roundbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com The good stuff that won't quite make the cut for my 2023 wrap up. Plus a stinker or two. ÀTTØØXXÁ, Groove – One hundred percent black music, the cover promises, and as long as you're not silly e...
Eis dez grandes álbuns brasileiros que fazem 50 anos em 2024g1.globo.com Lista inclui discos de Beth Carvalho, Cartola, Clara Nunes, Chico Buarque, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Jorge Ben Jor, Martinho da Vila, Raul Seixas e Tom Jobim.
Pop Edition: Anitta, Ludmilla, Luísa Sonza, Pablo Vittarbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com As much as I prefer to focus on more traditional Brazilian musics as they are mutated for our moment, let's not kid ourselves. Alt-samba is no more popular there than alt-rock is here. These are music...
BEST ALBUMS OF 2023 – beehype – Best Music from Around the Worldbeehy.pe Music from 80+ countries selected by our experts from around the world! Unlike the world in general, music seems to be okay, maybe better than ever. Small revolutions keep happening and our Best of 20...
Os 50 Melhores Discos Brasileiros de 2023musicainstantanea.com.br Intenso! Assim foi o ano de 2023 quando voltamos os ouvidos para tudo aquilo que foi produzido na música brasileira. Mas quais são os melhores discos desse período tão movimentado? Em um esforço ...
2023, Part Sixbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Patrícia Bastos, Voz da Taba – Singer from Macapá whose excellent Zulusa was a fave of 2013. Here she draws again upon the beatier traditions of Brazil's northeast for eleven sinuous tracks that s...
2023, Part Sixbrazilbeatblog.wordpress.com Patrícia Bastos, Voz da Taba – Singer from Macapá whose excellent Zulusa was a fave of 2013. Here she draws again upon the beatier traditions of Brazil's northeast for eleven sinuous tracks that s...