# Brazilian Music?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazilian-music/120413>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 23, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazilian-music/120413 "2002-07-23T17:28:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazilian-music/120413/1 "2002-07-23T17:28:01Z")

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My local NPR station plays two Latin music shows Monday nights. The first is general Latin, mostly Cuban. The second is Brazilian. And I **LOVE** it. Every time I catch it, I’m amazed at how the music resonates with me, affects me inside. But sadly, I am most ignorant of Brazilian music. I wonder if someone has recommendations for must-have recordings, good books on the history or various types etc. I know some well-known names, like Jobim & Gilberto, but that’s about it. Does anyone else share my affection? What is it about that bossanova, that lloro (is that right?) that makes it so awesome?

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**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazilian-music/120413/2 "2002-07-23T19:49:27Z")

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You might want to try Red Hot + Rio. It’s a collection of Brazilian pop tunes from relatively straight up bossa nova to further out stuff like “Non-Fiction Burning” by PM Dawn, Airto (pronouned eye-AIR-toe), and Flora Purim that might point you in some direction. Rest assured there are quite a few directions to be pointed to from Berimbau music to Nano Vasconcelos to carnaval street samba to bossa-jazz like Toninho Horta and everything in between.

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**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazilian-music/120413/3 "2002-07-23T20:15:56Z")

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thanks, **mack**!

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazilian-music/120413/4 "2002-07-23T20:19:50Z")

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Lloro? Or do you mean forro? Anyway, as **mack** said, you can go in many different directions with Brazilian music.[Putumayo](http://www.putumayo.com) and [Rough Guides](http://www.worldmusic.net) both put out generally good collections of world music, so you can start with their Brazilian CDs. A few years ago, David Byrne also produced a series of Brazilian compilations, each CD (I think it’s 4 total) featuring a different style, as well as having collaborated with Brazilian musicians on _Rei Momo_.

Some specific musicians from my rather limited collection, in no particular sequence:  
Martinho da Vila (great samba), Ara Ketu, Olodum (they did the drum sequence for Paul Simon on _Rhythm of the Saints_), Luis Gonzaga, Paulinho da Viola, Marisa Monte, and Daniela Mercury (Brazilian dance sensation).