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Renata Rosa at the Førde Festival

Michal Shapiro | Posted 11.25.2012 | Arts
Read More: Live Perforance, World Music, Macumba, Rabeca, Cavalo-Marinho, Brazilian Music, FøRde Festival, Renata Rosa, Arts News
Michal Shapiro

Unlike the urban MPB or Bossa Nova we generally associate with Brazil, music from that country's northeast, and particularly Pernambuco, has a rugged, rural heart.

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Ten Extraordinary Things About Rio, Including a Man Called H

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: . Olympics, Poverty, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Pele, Travel, H Stern, Christ the Redeemer Statue, Copacabana, Favelas, Hans Stern, Rio, Macumba, Ipenema, Style News
Lea Lane

When in Rio, I sought a place where locals go, and for hours swayed to steady drumbeats. You need stamina and rhythm, but it's so dark and so mesmerizing that once I let go a bit, I got swept into it.

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