The American jazz magazine DownBeat named Naná Vasconcelos percussionist of the year every year from 1983 to 1991 […]
Tag: Music
This is precious: Snarky Puppy playing Forró
Besides the general forms of samba, baiao/forró is the most important pop music form of expression in Brazil […]
Tropicalia features rare footage of Brazilian music legends Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa and Tom Zé as it explores a revolution animated by music and art […]
This piece approaches the theme of scars either in it’s literal or figurative sense […]
Brazilian band Trio Mocotó are veterans of São Paulo’s swinging 1960s samba-rock scene. First formed in 1968, the group made a comeback in 2000 and has been going strong ever since […]
Um serviço de alto falante no morro do pau da bandeira. Quem avisa é o Zé do caroço que amanhã vai fazer alvoroço alertando a favela inteira […]
Paula Lima performing at a TV show about Brazilian Music with João Marcello Bôscoli […]
The ultimate goal of innovation is user adoption: we want people to actually use the things we create in a way that impacts their lives. But building the better mouse trap guarantees nothing. In fact, history shows it’s not the whiz-bang of technology but rather human factors that matter in the end. In this talk, Jim will look at some specific design-related considerations in successful innovation […]
Apple announced recently the list of iPhone apps that were most downloaded in the App Store, the online store of the company in 2013. YouTube, Google video platform, ranks first among the most popular free programs in the country. The virtual pet Pou (a kind of contemporary tamagotchi), appear in the first position among the paid apps. Check out the list of most downloaded apps […]