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Sting was far better, unleashing a string of his hits - From "Set them Free" to his latest single "After the Rain." He was recently nominated for a Grammy for his rendition of Brazilian songwriter Ivan Lins' "She Walks This Earth." You can hear the influence of Rio in some of...
Later that weekend, I had a chat with Sting as he lounged on a couch in the lobby of the Copacabana Palace. "I'm having a good time," he said. He had gotten some sun, and he had also gotten in some chess while hanging out by the pool. Chess...
Today there's a new generation of Brazilian musicians that is once again looking outside of the country's borders for inspiration, but grounding their work in the musical wealth of their native land. Daniela Mercury has the bouncy energy of American pop acts, but her work is anchored in...
There have been a number of musical movements in the last century or so in Brazil. Samba got its start in the early 20th century as many former slaves moved to central Rio, taking with them their traditions of batucadas (percussion jams) and fusing the rhythms with influences from more...
So I went into a store named Lojas Americanos, which, happily, turned out not to be a store for Americans at all, but a local department store like Kmart or Target. The store had a pretty extensive CD selection on the first floor. Interestingly enough, foreign record stores tend to...