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The music of Brazil encompasses various regional musical styles influenced by European, American, African and Amerindian forms.Brazilian music developed some unique and original styles such as forró, repente, coco de roda, axé, sertanejo, samba, bossa nova, MPB, gaucho music, pagode, tropicália, choro, maracatu, embolada (coco de repente), frevo, brega, modinha and Brazilian versions of ...
The choice of the "100 greatest" was based on the sum of votes of 60 scholars, producers and Brazilian music journalists. Each of the voters chose 20 albums, in no order of preference, which according to Rolling Stone, should be based on criteria like "intrinsical artistic value and historical importance, that is, how much the album influenced other artists."
Infamous for its “provocative” cover—censored by the Brazilian government, of course—India mixes contemporary songs by fellow MPB master Caetano Veloso with crystalline readings of old ...
This song, because of its exaltation of Brazil's great qualities, marked the creation of a new genre within samba, known as samba-exaltação (exaltation samba). This musical movement, with its extremely patriotic nature, was seen by many as being favorable to the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas, generating criticism towards Barroso and his work, which was perceived as Barroso's prostration to ...
Sá & Guarabyra, folk music duo; Sérgio Reis (1940–), classic country singer and composer; Tião Carreiro & Pardinho, folk music duo and scholar; Tonico & Tinoco (1917–1994, 1920–2012), folk music duo and scholar; Victor e Leo (born 1975, born 1976), country music duo; Wanessa (1982–), modern country singer; Zezé di Camargo & Luciano ...
Pages in category "Brazilian songs" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ⓘ) is a relaxed style of samba [nb 1] developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicking the beat of a samba groove, as if it was a simplification and stylization on the guitar of the rhythm produced by a samba school band.