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Jazz takes centre stage at the J4Jazz Weekender with live bands and brunches at Hyatt Regency Chennai
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Jazz takes centre stage at the J4Jazz Weekender with live bands and brunches at Hyatt Regency Chennai

The Hindu  

When I think of jazz, a scene from La La Land comes to mind, where Sebastian explains to Mia how this genre of music is far from the relaxing, elevator music we often associate it with. Hyatt Regency Chennai, in collaboration with Social Spirit is hosting the J4Jazz Weekender, featuring eight bands performing different styles across various venues on their …

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Remi Wolf: Tiny Desk Concert
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Remi Wolf: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR  

Remi Wolf: Tiny Desk Concert Just minutes into soundcheck, I realize that Remi Wolf may be a superhero who isn’t entirely aware of her powers. After wrapping song one, she asks, “Can you hear me ok out there?” I recalled a similar conversation with her last year when she popped in as a guest vocalist for Kenny Beats’ Tiny Desk, …

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Sergio Mendes dead at 83: Brazilian musician worked with John Legend, helped create a 007 song and was Oscar nominated for Real In Rio
4 months ago

Sergio Mendes dead at 83: Brazilian musician worked with John Legend, helped create a 007 song and was Oscar nominated for Real In Rio

Daily Mail  

Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes has died at the age of 83. Sergio Mendes has passed away at the age of 83; seen in 2020 in Los Angeles Mendes performs at the Park West in Chicago, Illinois, March 3, 1979 He worked with many mainstream artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, with whom he re-recorded in 2006 a version of …

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Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova, dies at 83
4 months ago

Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova, dies at 83

LA Times  

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova impresario and pianist who helped popularize the genre in the ‘60s and toured with Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra, has died. Alongside peers like composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, singer-guitarist João Gilberto, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and guitarist Roberto Menescal, the music captured the city’s sensuous beach culture and its young and hopeful mood in …

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Beabadoobee review, This Is How Tomorrow Moves: Gen Z star steps out from behind the rag rug of scuzzy guitar
5 months ago

Beabadoobee review, This Is How Tomorrow Moves: Gen Z star steps out from behind the rag rug of scuzzy guitar

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Its opening track, “Take a Bite” even includes a …

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Have you noticed these 5 fascinating Easter Eggs in Bollywood movies?
9 months ago

Have you noticed these 5 fascinating Easter Eggs in Bollywood movies?

Hindustan Times  

In the Easter week, cinephiles on X celebrated the festival in Bollywood style. Many of them took to the social media platform to share their favourite Easter egg in a Bollywood movie, ranging from Shah Rukh Khan's Yes Boss and Baadshah to Ranbir Kapoor's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Ranbir Kapoor in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani; Shah Rukh Khan in Baadshah …

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Bossa nova, repercussions of authoritarianism collide in ‘They Shot the Piano Player’
1 year ago

Bossa nova, repercussions of authoritarianism collide in ‘They Shot the Piano Player’

LA Times  

Piano player Francisco Tenório Júnior, was a rising star in the Brazilian music scene of the ‘70s; he went missing and was presumed murdered in Argentina, 1976. His disappearance is investigated in the animated documentary/reenactment “They Shot the Piano Player,” directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. But it wasn’t until 2004 that his interest took him on a winding …

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Laura Pausini es homenajeada por la Academia en una gala llena de amigos y celebridades
1 year, 1 month ago

Laura Pausini es homenajeada por la Academia en una gala llena de amigos y celebridades

LA Times  

No podría haber estado más feliz. Pese a que Manuel Abud, el actual presidente de la Academia Latina de la Grabación, bromeó en más de una ocasión sobre la supuesta intrascendencia del homenaje masivo que se le rendía esta noche, Laura Pausini disfrutó plenamente de la ceremonia de Persona del Año que la tenía de protagonista y que, además de …

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On ‘João’, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto honors her late father, bossa nova giant João Gilberto
1 year, 4 months ago

On ‘João’, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto honors her late father, bossa nova giant João Gilberto

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — Since the start of her career, New York-born Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto has put out albums rooted in the South American nation’s rich musical history. And yet, the 57-year-old artist, who splits her time between New York and Rio de Janeiro, is not too comfortable performing some of her father’s hit songs — such as “Fly, My …

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From Brazil’s Amazon to bossa nova and beyond, prolific pianist João Donato dies at 88
1 year, 5 months ago

From Brazil’s Amazon to bossa nova and beyond, prolific pianist João Donato dies at 88

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but throughout his career defied confinement to any single genre, died Monday. Donato’s syncopation influenced the guitar beat developed by João Gilberto that blossomed into the bossa nova movement. Music critic Irineu Franco Perpetuo said Donato’s music often features “hot” rhythms inviting …

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Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83
1 year, 7 months ago

Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83. The rest, of course, as one would say, ‘is history.’” Astrud Gilberto sings “The Girl from Ipanema” in a light, affectless style that influenced Sade and Suzanne …

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Astrud Gilberto death: Girl From Ipanema singer, who popularised bossa nova around the world, dies aged 83
1 year, 7 months ago

Astrud Gilberto death: Girl From Ipanema singer, who popularised bossa nova around the world, dies aged 83

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astrud Gilberto, the bossa nova …

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Kashmiri rapper Ahmer’s Azli galvanises historical memory
2 years, 5 months ago

Kashmiri rapper Ahmer’s Azli galvanises historical memory

Live Mint  

One of the more interesting side effects of the ongoing vinyl revolution is the rise of reissue labels dedicated to uncovering and sharing obscure gems from the global South. Like crate-digging musical archaeologists, the people who run these labels scour the world’s record shops and flea markets for forgotten artefacts of 20th century pop culture: Turkish funk, Bengali disco-jazz, North …

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‘He made sure that she got nothing’: The sad story of Astrud Gilberto, the face of bossa nova
2 years, 10 months ago

‘He made sure that she got nothing’: The sad story of Astrud Gilberto, the face of bossa nova

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And when she passes, each one she passes goes, …

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Experiencing the down-to-earth vibe of Billie Eilish
3 years ago

Experiencing the down-to-earth vibe of Billie Eilish

NPR  

Experiencing the down-to-earth vibe of Billie Eilish Enlarge this image toggle caption Kelia Anne McCluskey/Courtesy of the artist Kelia Anne McCluskey/Courtesy of the artist Set List "Happier Than Ever" "Billie Bossa Nova" "Goldwing" "Halley's Comet" Billie Eilish: She's kind of a big deal right now. She's sold millions of records, has been streamed billions of times, is the subject of …

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Alarming rise in follow-home robberies in upscale L.A. prompts police crackdown
3 years, 1 month ago

Alarming rise in follow-home robberies in upscale L.A. prompts police crackdown

LA Times  

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announced Tuesday he is setting up a task force to apprehend follow-home robbers, saying the department has not seen violent hold-ups “like this in decades.” The troubling trend, which has targeted celebrities and upscale restaurants in recent months, turned deadly in the predawn hours Tuesday when a man was gunned down during an attempted …

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A singer in tune with her audience
3 years, 2 months ago

A singer in tune with her audience

China Daily  

Cheng Fangyuan performs in her unique style at a live house venue in the Sanlitun area on Oct 19 during the Beijing Music Festival. "After all those years of performing onstage, I finally found the most comfortable way of singing, which is what I am doing now," the 61-year-old Cheng says to the audience after she finishes her first song …

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A singer in tune with her audience
3 years, 2 months ago

A singer in tune with her audience

China Daily  

Cheng Fangyuan performs in her unique style at a live house venue in the Sanlitun area on Oct 19 during the Beijing Music Festival. I really love the atmosphere and make music with the other musicians," says Cheng, introducing her band members: bassist Huang Yong, guitarist Feng Chong, percussionist Gao Xing, keyboardist Feng Wei and drummer Liu Ziyi. The event, …

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A singer in tune with her audience
3 years, 2 months ago

A singer in tune with her audience

China Daily  

Cheng Fangyuan performs in her unique style at a live house venue in the Sanlitun area on Oct 19 during the Beijing Music Festival. I really love the atmosphere and make music with the other musicians," says Cheng, introducing her band members: bassist Huang Yong, guitarist Feng Chong, percussionist Gao Xing, keyboardist Feng Wei and drummer Liu Ziyi. The event, …

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Billie Eilish says body insecurity is ‘a loss of joy and freedom’
3 years, 5 months ago

Billie Eilish says body insecurity is ‘a loss of joy and freedom’

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Since I was a kid, my dad and I …

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'Missing the Magic of The Crowd': Artists in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro Languish in Online Exile
3 years, 8 months ago

'Missing the Magic of The Crowd': Artists in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro Languish in Online Exile

News 18  

Georgia Szpilman’s soprano voice resounds beautifully in the apartment’s small living room, though the space lacks the acoustics of where her choir used to sing — Rio de Janeiro’s majestic municipal theater, which has been closed for over a year because of the pandemic. “I try to imagine I’m presenting on stage and withdraw that energy from my soul for …

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James Taylor on how he takes a song and makes it his own
4 years, 1 month ago

James Taylor on how he takes a song and makes it his own

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “People often tell me, ‘It sounds like you wrote …

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Keeping it jazzy
4 years, 10 months ago

Keeping it jazzy

Deccan Chronicle  

It is no big secret that India, where art and cultural activities often reach a different dimension, has always been a great attraction for performers across the world. Among them is Brazilian pianist, vocalist, and composer Jim Porto, who took the stage in Mumbai’s NCPA recently to perform some altered classics like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Djavan, and Gilberto Gil, among …

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Album reviews: Kele Okereke – 2042, and SebastiAn – Thirst
5 years, 2 months ago

Album reviews: Kele Okereke – 2042, and SebastiAn – Thirst

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Things get off to a powerful start with the …

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