Category Archives: Music
The origins of the brazilian passion for the ”hips’… from the 70′s dancers to the fruit women of the ‘carioca’ funk music
It’s not merely by chance that Brazil is known, among other reasons, as “the country of the A**”. Besides the peculiar genetic of the Brazilian Women, the history of show business has always been marked by tupiniquim girls (most known Brazilian Indian tribe, synonym for Brazilians) who have dared and proudly raised the banner of [...]
Jesus Luz, a brazilian model made famous by association(with Madonna)
Jesus Pinto da Luz is a Brazilian model who got the first modeling jobs in his hometown, Rio de Janeiro, like a fashion show at Fashion Rio 2007. In a photo shoot in which he appeared naked in December 2008, for W magazine, he met the singer Madonna, with whom he maintained a loving relationship. [...]
You know you are in Brazil when
You know you are in Brazil when the normal, everyday, all hours of the day Carnaval celebration television commercial looks like this.
Rock in Rio 2011
I’ve driven by the giant guitars in Gavea & Copa but hadn’t really looked into what Rock in Rio entails until this weekend. Turns out it’s from September 23rd until October 2nd and will feature the following bands (announced thus…
Just cause its funny – Paul Mccartney falls onstage in Brazil
Paul shows all his charisma once more in a concert in Brazil. He even falls at the end of the concert!
Concerts in Brazil 2 – Dinosaur Jr and Rolling Stones
This was another international concert in Brazil in 2010. Where in the world would you see Dinosaur Jr playing for free in a plaza?! This was in Sao Paulo. Not to mention that Rolling Stones also played for free in Copacabana beach, Rio,some time ago. This is more than one million people in Copacabana singing [...]
Concerts in Brazil
One of the good things about being in Brazil when the dollar is low against the real, is the amount of good concerts that happen here. For the lucky people that live in the cities where most international shows happen it was common these last years to have the chance to see great bands! Just [...]
