Fabio Tagliaferri

Fabio Tagliaferri is an extraordinary musician from Sao Paulo. He plays the Viola, an instrument a little bigger than the violin, and with a deeper sound.

Fabio has released two albums: "Viola" and "So Um e Muito So" (One is too Lonely).

On "Viola", Fabio plays different Brazilian music styles including chorinho, baião, salsa, balada and valsa. The listener will also come accross some music composed by Mr. tagliaferri, such as 'Sabrina', and 'Pela Manha' in the voice of the Portuguese singer Eugenia Melo e Castro. The song entitled 'Terra Estrangeira' (Foreign Land), composed by Jose Miguel Wisnik with arrangements by Swami Jr., was part of the sound track of the movie that received the same name.

On the he album "So Um e Muito So" (One is too Lonely) Fabio teamed up with great names of the Brazilian music such as Luiz Tatit, Manu Lafer, Tiago Torres, Paulinho Moska, Inacio Zatz and Arnaldo Antunes to compose magnificent songs interpreted by Arnaldo Antunes, Jeanne de Castro, Luiz Tatit,Marcia Lopes, Monica Salmaso, Na Ozetti, Paulinho Moska, Rodrigo Rodrigues and Virginia Rosa.

Lots of names packed in one CD providing you the possibility of tasting a little bit of the best in the Brazilian contemporary music. Click here to listen to fragments of songs in this album.

As for my personal take on this: I am a proud friend of Fabio!

Hope you enjoy his music!

Miscelanea Vanguardiosa

Continuing with some more podcasts. New web finding for those who like instrumental music.
Miscelanea Vanguardiosa is a website where you can download podcasts showcasing Brazilian instrumental music. You can find a list of podcasts highlighting names such as Hermeto Paschoal, Monica Salmaso, Luciana Souza, Jovino Santos, just to name a few. The narration is in Portuguese, but it doesn't matter because the music will speak louder to you than any comments they may have to add. So stop by, download a few shows, and see what you think. It's all free!

Gilles Peterson in Brazil

Last week, my family and I took a long drive to Southern California. Before leaving I searched ITunes for some interesting podcast to listen during our 8 hour journey. I came accross this podcast entitled "Gilles Peterson in Brazil". I downloaded, and, what a nice suprise! Gilles, a dj/music producer from England visits many brazilian music genres, interviewing a variety of artists that weaved together what is known as MPB (Brazilian Popular Music).

If you enjoy Brazilian music, most likely you will love his podcasts. You can download them (free) right here.

After listening to every episode of the series, I was curious to find out more about Gilles Peterson, and here is what I came accross:

Gilles Peterson is an influential DJ and record-label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz and Talkin' Loud he has been associated with the careers of countless well-known artists of the 1990s. He is also well known as a radio DJ: he used to have a radio show on London's Kiss FM dance music station, but was recruited to the BBC's youth-oriented Radio 1 in 1998. Peterson is known for his eclectic musical selections. Though not as "anything goes" as the late John Peel, he plays anything from dub and reggae through jazz, nu-jazz, soul, neo soul, R&B to drum and bass, house, broken beat, hip-hop and Jazz-funk.

(source: wikipedia)