The Literature of the Senses: Body, Corporeal Perception and Aesthetic Experience in the Work of João Gilberto Noll
LAist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bebel Gilberto performs at the Henry Fonda Theatre tonight. Photo by jeffk via Flickr MUSICA The name Gilberto and bossa nova will forever be associated with each other thanks to all the wonderful music pioneers of the genre like João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto unleashed upon the world some 50 years ago. Keeping in line with family tradition, Bebel Gilberto...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Bebel Gilberto is the daughter of bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto and Brazilian singer Miúcha, but the 43-year-old New Yorker has slowly come into her own over the years, recording albums that fuse classic Brazilian pop styles with thoroughly modern, electronic instrumentation. Her new record, All in One , mixes sumptuous traditional tunes, like a cover of her father’s...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto wants the world to know she has stepped out of the shadow of her famous father, bossa nova legend Joao Gilberto. She makes her case on...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
During a recent interview, we asked vocalist Bebel Gilberto what she wanted her audience to come away with after a performance. With characteristic flair, she responded, "Love and passion, of course." Those romantic sentiments prevail throughout Gilberto's new recording, All in One , which she will be supporting in concert tonight at the 9:30 Club . Her first release on the...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Review: Gilberto Gil (Royal Festival Hall, London Jazz Festival, November 19th 2009, review by Rod Fogg) There is no equivalent to Gilberto Gil in the English speaking world. If you could find someone who mixed the politics of Nelson Mandela, the poetry of Bob Dylan, and was as popular as the Beatles, you still wouldn't be close. The Beatles only stuck around for 10 years or so; as Gil...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Four decades into a stellar career, Brazilian singer Gal Costa finally makes her Canadian debut tonight at Massey Hall. The samba and bossa nova specialist, who divides her time between New York and Salvador de Bahia, has performed her interpretations of the elite Brazilian composers, such as Antônio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto, around the world. She was a key figure in the country's...
undomondo (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Squeezed out of our inbox in the last couple of weeks, this two part edition for Nov 09 has some great tunes. The second part contains more beats be it electronic or otherwise. Ernest Gonzales, Aficionado, Ithamara Koorax covers Joao Gilberto, Protassov
undomondo (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Guardian obit NYT obit CNN obit Munir Bashir – Taqsîm en maqâm râst Selected by Ozgur Uckan : João Gilberto – Corcovado Omara Portuondo – Si te Contara Ramata Diakite – Nana Selected by mersenne Hamza el Din – Muwashshah Club Nisei – Wakare no ippon-sugi Carlos Lamartine – Gula Para a Libertação de África
LAist (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... on to comment on her first exposure to the genre as a result of listening to works by João Gilberto and recalled how it motivated her to learn English given the Portuguese/English nature of many of the lyrics. A Felicidade , Desafinado (Off Key) , Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema) , Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) and Manhã de Carnaval (Morning of Carnival)...
