May 2011
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February 2011
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Lusophone Music Group @ soundcloud →
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December 2010
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September 2010
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kalemason asked: do you know where i can download this (http://lusomusic.tumblr.com/post/721970155/angola-batida-the-new-single-of-batida) song?? i looked everywhere for it and couldn't find it
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Africa: The Scramble for Vinyl →
August 2010
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July 2010
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Touring Troubadours →
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WatchEAST TIMOR: EGO LEMOS
“Ego Lemos is a remarkable man, with a remarkable voice in more ways than one. Regarded as a significant East Timorese community member, Ego has lived through three tumultuous periods of his nation’s history. He has interpreted and modernised some of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching traditional melodies from his nation’s history, and produced a wreath...
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Kuduro: The Sexy Angolan Rhythm With a Message →
Post published at Global Voices and written by: José Murilo
“Whether the word Kuduro comes from the Kimbundu language, native to northern Angola and means “location” or from the Portuguese expression meaning “hard ass” or “stiff bottom” is debated but there’s no argument that the dance is sexy. As one watches the dancers of this Angolan music style jutting their bottoms and swinging...
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WatchMOZAMBIQUE + PORTUGAL: CACIQUE 97
In the video “Sr. Diplomata” (Mr. Diplomat) we have MC’s: Ikonoklasta, Sagas, Sir Scratch and Bob Da Rage Sense. At the MySpace page it says that they have recently launched their album and it is the “first Afro Beat album in Portugal”. The name of the album is “Eu Quero Tudo”, which means “I want it All” and...
June 2010
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Mick Trovoada + Tutin D’Giralda = TutinMick’s
Cape Verde + Angola + São Tomé and Príncipe + Portugal = TutinMick’s
As TutinMick’s, Bass player and singer Tutin D’Giralda and percussionist Mick Trovoada present a unique approach to traditional Cape Verdean songs, influenced by reggae, funk, blues and jazz, and branded with their own musical personality.
More about the artits:
Tutin D’Giralda is a self taught bass player from...
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Brazil: Stefhany, Authentic Pop Star Rises from... →
Stefhany is known as “Beyonce from Piauí”. Her first video “Eu sou Stefhany” [I am Stefhany], uploaded to Youtube by a friend and fan, has had almost 2 million views so far. She is a great example of Web 2.0’s power to create new pop stars.
Read the complete article published at Global Voices Online, under CC license.
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Brazil: Michael Jackson Immortalized at a Slum in... →
Michael Jackson was honored this week in Rio de Janeiro’s Santa Marta Slum. The terrace where he recorded part of the video “They don’t really care about us” in 1996, is now officially called “Michael Jackson Terrace” and it is also the scenario for a statue of the artist (see photo).
* Watch the video “They Don’t Really Care About Us”recorded in Brazil at YouTube.
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Cape Verde: Son di Santiagu (Djinho Barbosa's... →
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KONTINUASOM: a documentary about the Music of Cape...
KONTINUASOM aims to present the culture and music of Cape Verde. All the music presented at the documentary are authentic, the sounds were originally recorded in the scene. According to the producers, the idea was to search for a transparency of the voices of the musicians of Cape Verde. For that reason all the documentary research prior and during its production was made with the support of...
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Brazil: Meet the Project 3naMassa from São Paulo
The Project 3NaMassa was founded by the musicians Rica Amabis, Pupillo and Sucinto Silva (aka “Dengue”) in the city of São Paulo. The name of the project is a slang meaning “something that makes your mouth water in expectation of a special treat”, as the Myspace page describes it.
The inspiration for 3NaMassa came from women. Women talking about their love life and...
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Brazil: Vitor Araújo, the young pianist from...
Vitor Araújo is an amazing young pianist from Recife, Pernambuco state. He plays with his soul. Always wearing t-shirts and All Star tennis as a kind of statement of his informality not only in his clothes, but also in his music, he can easily take the audience to a kind of trance while performing in the piano. He grow up listening to Chico Science and music from the Mangue Beat movement in...
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From Angola to Brazil
“Comfusões takes Angolan Pop music from the golden 60ies and 70ies to Brasil. The songs by legendary singers like Teta Lando, Artur Nunes or Bonga are passed on into the hands of the most exciting Brasilian producers of today.
For a long time now Angola has been cut off from the rest of the world due to the civil war raging in the country until 2002. Times have changed. Today the economy...
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East Timor: Galaxy →
From their original headquarters in a bombed out house in their hometown of Los Palos, Galaxy has risen from the trauma and chaos of the independence struggle to become one of the most well-respected bands in the world’s newest nation.
Adored by the masses of youth, these tattooed, deadlocked young men are often feared and misunderstood by the church leaders and elites. Galaxy exemplifies...
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East Timor: Young teenager and his ukelele (video) →
A unique glimpse of a young teenager (Armindo), telling his story in song – accompanying himself on a beautiful little home made ukelele. Recorded by the documentary-maker 7 months after the Suai Church Massacre on the verandah of a house rehabilitated for the use of Timor Aid.
* Watch the video here: http://www.suaimediaspace.org/2010/05/25/fila-mai-orain-come-back-to-your-country/ (or click...
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Angolan Semba vs Brazilian Samba →
“Angolan semba and Brazilian samba share a common ancestor: the massemba dance from central Angola. Known as umbigada, or “belly-bumping” in Portuguese, the dance is characterized by a hip thrust meant to mimic the act of procreation.”
*Read the complete article by clicking on the title.