Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bebel Gilberto
has been the most
internationally
successful
Brazilian artist
in recent years
with her hit album
Tanto Tempo,
released in 2002.
Chico Buarque
is a
composer, lyricist, per-
former, and author. He is
as popular today as when
he first performed in 1964.
Caetano Veloso
helped launch
the
tropicalismo
movement in 1967,
and is considered a Brazilian
musical treasure.
TROPICALISMO & MÚSICA POPULAR BRASILEIRA
Tropicalismo
was a form of Brazilian music that arose in the
late 1960s from a mix of
bossa nova
, rock and roll, Bahia folk,
and African music. Many
tropicalismo
artists, led by Caetano
Veloso and Gilberto Gil, were driven by political activism
following the coup of 1964. Inspired in part by
tropicalismo
,
música popular Brasileira
(MPB), or popular Brazilian music,
includes many Brazilian musical styles and is the most popular
music played on the radio and in the clubs and bars of Brazil.
Daniela Mercury
burst
on to Bahia's
axé
and
reggae music scene in
the 1990s. Her explosive
live performances have
won her a growing inter-
national following.
REGIONAL MUSIC
Although MPB covers a multitude
of Brazilian musical genres, there
are a number of distinctive regional
styles that include
axé, choro, forró,
frevo
, and
pagode
. Bahia, one of the
powerhouses of regional Brazilian
music, has its own versions of jazz,
reggae, hip-hop, soul, funk, rock and
roll, heavy metal, electronica, and
the popular homegrown country and
western style known as
sertanejo
.
Carlinhos Brown
, a prolific
performer, composer, drummer,
and dancer, is equally popular
as a solo artist or when
collaborating with others.
THE SÃO PAULO SCENE
The residents of São Paulo work hard, but
they have also learnt to play hard so that the
city's club scene is now considered one of the
world's most exciting and innovative, with top
international DJs flying in to exchange ideas and
sounds with their Brazilian counterparts. Break
beat, drum and bass, electronica, house, lounge,
speed, garage, techno, trance, and trip hop all
have a place in the Paulista scene. With a huge
range of nightclubs and bars to choose from,
Paulistanos can enjoy all genres of music
through the week and all year round.
DJ playing in a São Paulo club
