By MdC Suingue
For the complete playlist, click 'Read More' link below This photo of the hypnotic magician we took in a very suspect alleyway in Istanbul few years ago. In reality has no relation with the show, but we find it amusing. This episode opens with some hits of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society since ages, by bands like Maquinado, Fausto Fawcett and Laufer, Cidadão Instigado and Wado. Yes, I went to rescue them from old shows. Mind you, we play so much new material that frequently we realize that we spent ages without playing some tunes that we love. Then we have Orquestra Jabaquara, the first premiere of the show.... 
By MdC Suingue
For the complete playlist, click 'Read More' link below A show with loads of new material: a great new track about Iemanjá by Beatbass High Tech (I discovered right now that I've been writing their name wrong for ages), two tracks from Samba da Luzia Gorda, the new album by Totonho e os Cabras and two more by the newcomers Tupi Machine, band from Piauí. We had many more debuts in the show, like Severo, also from Piauí, the sexy pop by Rosa Neon from Minas Gerais and Rainhas do Norte, a drumming combo from Berlin with a message to deliver. Yes, we discussed... 
By MdC Suingue
We’ve been away for few days and we couldn’t find a way to make a decent post about this episode aired back in April. But as we say in Brazil, ‘a fila anda’ (translating literally, ‘the cue moves on’) and we also have the post for the next episode on the pipeline... In this episode we played some tracks from the debut album by Muntchako, an ‘electro-instrumental’ band from Brasília and some edits and remixes that we frequently play in our parties. Here is a definition of Muntchako’s sound, by themselves: For the complete playlist, click on 'Read More' 
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With a couple of obligatory memorial shows jumping the cue and a backlog of show to be uploaded, this one recorded few days after carnival is in that grey zone where you want to stop talking about it but its facts and consequences of the bacchanalia are still fresh and we simply can't resist... Find below the complete playlist for this episode. 
by MdC Suingue
Another giant of Brazilian music leaves this world. This time it’s Beth Carvalho, aka the ‘Godmother of Samba’. A singer known for her silky voice and great repertoire. Born to a Rio de Janeiro middle class family, she flirted with bossa nova, MPB and even forró. Her singing career was launched in the mid 1960s when she had her first hit, ‘Andanças. But all that was before she became a full-time sambista and dived into the world of the suburbs, Lapa, favelas and the music from avery different reality from the one she was born into... 
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by MdC Suingue Click for CAS 483 If you are here for the playlist, scroll all the way to the bottom He was the owner of one of the few temples of samba left in Copacabana, a neighborhood that was home to dozens of live music places back in the 50s/60s. A bar he ran with no intention of becoming rich, but to keep busy and make a decent enough living whilst providing punters with lots of beer, music and culture. He treated the bar as an extension of his living room: you were his guest, to the extent that you were expected to fetch your own beer in the fridge! Since the eighties - when he bought the bar and began organizing his famous ‘rodas de samba’ - his bar acquired a reputation as a point of resistance - culturally and politically. The 19 square meters that initially gathered the likes of Cristina Buarque, Elton Medeiros, Walter Alfaiate and Zé Keti shaped a new generation of sambistas that learned the old songs and are now creating their own repertoire, perfectly befitting their distinguished elders. We too have our personal Alfredinho tale to tell... 
One of the most celebrated supernatural entities in Brazilian culture is Saint George AKA São Jorge, Ogum or Oxossi in Brazil and Sant Jordi in Catalonia.
The guy is not even a saint anymore, but in his day (23 of April) the chap is celebrated in many places around the globe (yes, the globe IS round). He is at the same time the patron saint of cavalry and police, but he is also patron saint criminals and drug dealers; in some parts of Brazil he is Ogum, in others he is Oxossi; some says he is Turkish, others say he is Palestinian, but now we discovered that yet others say that in reality he is Egyptian! Confused? Popular culture is confusing ! ... 
by MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 480 If pre-Carnival time is an intense period for the Caipirinha Appreciation Society, being in Barcelona makes the actual Carnival a bit of an exercise of frustration. In spite of recent efforts by the local Mayor to promote the “folly” in Catalan lands, they are not really up to compromise a Monday and a Tuesday of work to the Momesque rituals. So while we watch from afar the party in Brazil on fire, 
by MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 477 When you move to another city or country, eventually it will happen: one day you have to visit your hometown. It’s always an intense time as you have to take the opportunity to make sure the personal life you left behind is all in working order, meaning: see your bank manager, your accountant, the tax office, the voting authorities, plus spend time with your friends and family. It’s cool if you can stay for an extended period, but if you’re there for only 3 weeks - with Christmas and NYE in the middle and half a dozen invitations to DJ - it can get a little hectic. But we survived to tell the story! From Preto Serra’s epic birthday party to a New Year’s Eve that ended up with us in the middle of ocean, being watched by a sea turtle. From a nice and cool dj session at Mãe Joana to a crazy Balkan party. We had it all! Not to mention the CAS party at Casa Porto, with a live performance by Mussa Samba Combo and the presence of many dear friends. We had loads of fun, we know our ways in our beloved city, but the sad note was the decadence and the poverty that is spreading quickly in Brazil in general and in Rio in particular, where we have one of the most incompetent mayors in our history. If you’re an old-time listener of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society show, you’ll be familiar with our criticism of the gentrification and corruption promoted by Eduardo Paes, but the state of decay of the city under Crivella’s rule is downright depressing. If Paes was governing for the 1%, the pastor is governing for his church’s croonies. All that said: music is resistance, and we brought to you a bucketload of that in this show! Our vids of the week are: Pedro Luis e A Parede - Horizontes Taken from the album Ponto Enredo, the 5th by the carioca band from 2008, here they perform a very peculiar version of the beautiful (Quatro) Horizontes for the site Música de Bolso. Joana Flor - O Que Me Resta With a small band the singer and guitar player Joana Flor shows how powerful is her music. She was born in Rio but lives in São Paulo and this song is a hit in our playlists. Luisa & Os Alquimistas - Brechó L.&O.A. Is a band formed in Natal - Rio Grande do Norte in 2015. Brechó is a song from their first album called Cobra Coral released by the label DoSol in 2016. Cronixta - Taxi Driver Cronixta AKA Dime Cronista is a rapper from Pará, state located in the north of Brasil. Taxi Driver, song inspired by the Scorcese's film, is our lyric video of the post. Nice low budget vid, directed by the man himself. I love the track. But I can't help blaming the production assistant for his failure to find a taxi for the shots, hahaha! BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
Pedro Luis e A Parede - 4 Horizontes
Joana Flor - O Que Me Resta
Luisa & Os Alquimistas - Brechó
Cronixta - Taxi Driver
by MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 476 A few days after New Year's Eve, Kika and I went to Recife to meet friends and relax a bit after 3 frantic weeks in Rio (more about that in a future post). Sadly, one week was far from enough to see everybody we wanted to, so it turns out we didn’t relax that much. But we did manage to see a lot of people, be it visiting Radio Frei Caneca, watching a ‘pelada’ (informal football tournament), or around a beer and a ‘escondidinho’. And we got to visit the new location of Passa Disco record shop and to hang out with Fábio, its super dedicated, super knowledgeable and super conversational owner. Imagine a record store that's entirely dedicated to Brazilian music: rare albums, recent releases by independent bands, with a special focus on Pernambuco talent. An obligatory stop in Recife and an absolute Caipirinha Appreciation Society favorite. This podcast explores both retail and label sides of the great Passadisco. // Originally broadcast on 5/February/2019 on Contrabanda 91.4 FM. Our vids of the week are: Igor de Carvalho - Laço A clip from the series ‘Quintal’ by Igor. Laço, directed and edited by Thito Borba, is a song from his first album called Cabeça Coração and featured on the compilation ‘Arrisque!’ Zé Ramalho - Avôhai This song, from the first solo album of Zé Ramalho (1978) is probably his most iconic song. It’s very difficult to find video material of Zé Ramalho from the 70s/80sso so here is a live performance in 2015. The version we have in this episode is from a demo from 1977, before the release of his first album Carlos Ferrera - O que me faz bem We met Carlos Ferreira by chance having some beers with Juliano Muta at Mercado Boa Vista. Carlos was showing the first single of his album DOQCC (Daquilo Que O Coração Come) to friends with his smartphone. Luckily he had a copy of his CD to give us! Flaira Ferro - Revólver Flaira is yet another artist featured on Passadisco’s compilation Arrisque! Dancer, composer, singer and also a music researcher, Flaira released he first album Cordões Umbilicais in 2015. Revolver is directed by Cezar Maia BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
Igor de Carvalho - Laço
Zé Ramalho - Avôhai
Carlos Ferrera - O Que Me Faz Bem
Flaira Ferro - Revólver
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