Word: nascimento
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...Aldo Nascimento...
...Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau da Silva denied reports of famine in the countryside, insisting that not a single person in East Timor had died of hunger since independence. "Every day I have people coming to my door who are slowly starving," says Bishop of Baucau Basílio do Nascimento. "Are you saying these people do not exist?" Even if the April presidential election is supposed to give these citizens a voice, many are so disenfranchised that they see little point in participating in the democratic process. Back in her shack on the northern coast of East Timor, Pereira just...
...more: confusing and confused as it is, there is something here, perhaps accidental, that manages to make it work. At first listen, the styles of the two groups struggle for supremacy and find little middle ground. ‘Cravo É Canela,’ a Milton Nascimento tune sung, bravely, in Portuguese by Oldham, finds him squarely on Tortoise’s turf, sounding nothing like the quiet musings or heart-rent ramblings one finds on “Ease Down the Road.” The very next song, a dirge-like take on Springsteen?...
...talking. "Brazil is an intense place," says Beck. "The music can be gentle but there's a lot of life happening on the street." He goes on to talk about his favorite Brazilian performers. "There are tons of them - everyone from Jobim to Caetano. Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa...
...Milton Nascimento came out for his set next. He cuts a striking figure onstage - dreads down to his shoulders, a dark headband holding them in place, clad in a simple white tunic and flowing white pants. His music is a stew of many ingredients - Brazilian spices, West African meat, European pop broth. Nascimento seems to view the world as his supermarket, throwing in his musical cart Portuguese fado, South African juju music and, of course, bossa nova rhythms from his native country. His first song popped and burbled with township jive, and the emotional high point was reached when...