An all-star benefit tribute to the music and culture of Brazil, Red Hot + Rio 2 salutes Samba Soul, the post-tropicália movement of the 70s that merged elements of North American soul music with Brazilian rhythms. Mixing samba with R&B, soul with baião, pioneering artists like Jorge Ben Jor and Tim Maia signaled a [...]

Thanks to Ryan Elliot Green himself, we are posting some great pictures of his recent (11/26) performance in NYC – and we’re also featuring exclusive sound clips from the same event. For more information, please go to Ryan’s web site at www.yyanelliottgreen.com
Here are two tracks from the concert Bossa and Fado (players are right next [...]

Here’s the first part (with English subtitles) of our interview with João Moreira Salles, the director of Santiago (2007), Entreatos (2004), Nelson Freire (2003) and Notícias de uma Guerra Particular (1999).
In 1992, Mr. Salles began shooting a film about Santiago, the butler in his childhood home who left an indelible mark upon the family. Santiago was an educated man who, [...]

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From the cadence of samba to the rhythms of the city streets and favela slopes, from introspective meditations to the portrayals of social struggles, “Documenta Brazil 2008 — Rhythms of Brasilidade,” a six-day film festival which sounds the beat of this dynamic, multi-faceted country, opens at New York University’s King Juan Carlos I of [...]