Results for "Bebel Gilberto"

Article: Live Review

Vinicius Cantuaria and Bebel Gilberto at Celebrate Brooklyn

by Ernest Barteldes
July 26, 2014

Vinicius Cantuaria and Bebel Gilberto Brasil Summerfest at Celebrate Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York July 18, 2014 On the opening night of the third edition of the city-wide Brasil Summerfest, guitarist Vinicius Cantuaria took the stage with his quintet. He played a semi-acoustic guitar and started with a syncopated ...

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New Album From Bombay Dub Orchestra: "The New York Remixes"

October 9, 2012

Since the release of their self-titled debut, the name Bombay Dub Orchestra (consisting of composer/producers Garry Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay) has built quite a reputation. From main-stage performances at the UK's Big Chill Festival and Djing across the globe, scoring feature films to remixing such world-renowned artists as Bob Marley, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and ...

Article: Live Review

Bebel Gilberto: New York City, NY, July 21, 2012

by Ernest Barteldes
August 1, 2012

Bebel GilbertoBrazil Summerfest at Central Park SummerstageJuly 21, 2012New York, NYAs part of the 2012 edition of Brazil Summerfest, a New York city-wide event of contemporary Brazilian music, singer Bebel Gilberto took to the stage at Rumsey Playfield for the second time in her career, following a very eclectic performance by ...

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Da Cruz Releases "Sistema Subversia" on Six Degrees Records

July 26, 2011

The ensemble Da Cruz is a collaboration between vocalist Mariana Da Cruz (a Paulista with Bahian roots) and Swiss producer Ane H. Together with their band, they merge Brazilian music, Electro, Afro Beat, Breakbeats, Ethiopian Grooves, Kuduro and other forms of dance music. Da Cruz stand for a “modern, curious and proud Brazil," says Mariana."There are ...

Article: Album Review

Danny Frankel with Nels Cline & Larry Goldings: The Interplanetary Note/Beat Conference

by Mark Corroto
March 25, 2011

Enough is sometimes enough. Drummer/percussionist Danny Frankel presents a shortish (by modern CD standards), 34-minute collection of 11 compositions on The Interplanetary Note/Beat Conference. Then again, sometimes a sketch can speak louder than an entire painting.Frankel, a consummate player, has been a sideman to the likes of Laurie Anderson, Steven Bernstein, Lou Reed, Robin ...

News: Award / Grant

The Unexpected Grammy Contender

December 23, 2010

GRAMMY Nomination Shines Light on an Untold Story: Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon's Soul Call Creates a Community “Totally Lost" in Song When the GRAMMY nominations were announced earlier this month, a light shined on the untold story of a singer little-known in the music scene. This is the tale of a woman who scoured every corner of ...

Article: Album Review

Maruja Muci: Tiempos Modernos

by Ernest Barteldes
August 20, 2010

On her third self-released disc, Venezuelan singer Maruja Muci concentrates on a songwriting side (her two previous CDs were largely cover sets) that reveals strong Brazilian influences, starting with “Primavera," a modern bossa with electronic elements reminiscent of the kind often favored by Brazil's Bebel Gilberto. Muci, however, makes the sound her own with her strong ...

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Frank Sinatra: Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings

by Ernest Barteldes
June 17, 2010

In 1967, singer Frank Sinatra and singer/guitarist Antonio Carlos Jobim recorded their much-celebrated Francis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim (originally released on Warner/Reprise), a collection of Jobim compositions alongside a handful of American standards. Though not a top ten record at the time, it was well-received enough to justify a follow-up, so two years later the two ...

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Momento

Featuring the music of Bebel Gilberto
Duration: 6:00
April 10, 2010

Bebel Gilberto is back with "Momento", her third solo album, presenting some of her most elegant and personal musical statements since bursting on the scene in 2000, when her Grammy nominated debut album Tanto Tempo took the world by storm and conquered audiences worldwide.

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Bebel Gilberto: All in One

November 18, 2009

By: Cal Roach Brazilian pop singer Bebel Gilberto is probably known more in the U.S. for her collaborations (Thievery Corporation and David Byrne, etc.) than for her solo work, even though she is a native New Yorker. The new All In One, her first album for Verve, doesn't stray far from the strains of adult-oriented world ...