World Cup Album-A-Day 012 - Sergio Mendes

Day 12! Still going strong.
Wow what a day yesterday. 4 goals for Algeria. USA thirty seconds away from qualifying.
We are as they say at the business end of the group stages. Four more days till the final sixteen.
On to the music.
You know him already it's not anything new but it's good.
Sergio Mendes has been bringing bossa to the world for many years, he has taken Brazilian songs and made them classics and he has taken western classics from The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Dusty Springfield etc and flip them on their heads. Here's a cool one from Sergio  "The Swinger from Rio".




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World Cup Album-A-Day 011 - Banda Black Rio

Day 11 is here!
Big big game for the US team. Good Luck.
So we shall get funky Brazilian style with Banda Black Rio a jazz-funk outfit from well...Rio.

A few good options to choose from on Spotify and I think you'll get a groove out of Saci Perere their 1980 album. They sound like a cooler Kool and the Gang on the second track Miss Cheryl. Get down and get groovy.


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World Cup Album-A-Day 010 - Rodrigo Amarante

We are at day 10 of the world cup and it's surprising how fast 10 days can go.
Props to Costa Rica and France for great performances. 
Going to head in a different direction today. 

You may know of the band Little Joy with it's Strokes connections, well one third of the band is Rodrigo Amarante from Brazil. His first solo record away from Little Joy and his previous band Los Hermanos came out a couple years ago and it takes off where Little Joy started and goes further bringing a beautiful Brazilian edge to the singer/songwriter rock vibe.


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World Cup Album-A-Day 009 [Black Orpheus]

Welcome to day 9 of the world cup.
I've just about got over the horrible result from yesterday so let's press on!
The are so many ways to delve into Brazil's rich music history and we'll get to Elis Regina, Jorge Ben, and others soon enough. Today I decided to get into the Brazilian rhythms through the fantastic soundtrack to the film Black Orpheus which was a Palm D'Or and Oscar winner in 1959 and 1960.
The music is comes from Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa and others bringing you the soul and beauty of the fevela. Enjoy!

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WorldCup Brazil Album-A-Day 008

Hello and welcome to Day 8 of the world cup.
Big games today obviously but enough of that straight onto music.
Caetano Veloso is a well known figure and you probably remember his memorable performance from Almodovar's 2002 film Talk to Her (aka Hable con ella). Or you might be a fan of his Nirvana cover. More about him right here. I was a little limited by what Spotify had available but luckily they did have one of my fav records the self titled 1986 record (he had many self titled albums actually), which among many great laid back tracks includes a great Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" cover.

See what he's up to and pick up some of his music here

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