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by MdC Suingue
[for complete playlist, click READ MORE below] You know the drill in modern times: 'quando o bicho tá pegando', be safe, keep cool and have fun as you can. This NYE just past an unannounced 1am curfew was imposed because of the Omicron surge. I don't know if you ever spent NYE in Brazil, but it is a huge party! The idea of ending a collective celebration at half past midnight is simply ludicrous. We chose to spend the night just the two of us. Mind you,... 
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The year is coming to an end and the Caipirinha Appreciation Society is 'morphing' again. In 2021 we didn't release as many shows as we normally would, due to lack of time to dedicate to our labor of love. That said, the few episodes we did produce working from home made us realize how much we missed putting together more elaborate shows, with greater planning and better timing. We might have managed that somehow in the remote days we recorded our first shows together as a duo, (sharing a microphone meant for outdoor recording!). But now we can officially announce that... 
by MdC Suingue
for complete playlist, click READ MORE below With the pandemic giving us a break and not killing any of the CAS's artists in recent days we had a chance to update you guys to new music coming in our way. Nearly all the tracks are new for our listeners and we give a special attention to some artists: Tiné, singer of Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda and Academia da Berlinda released his new solo album, Românticos do Rosarinho, inspired in the boleros his family used to listen to at home when he was a kid. Obviously he didn't just emulate the style, but... 
by MdC Suingue
for complete playlist, click READ MORE below Well, Nelson Sargento was not a young sambista, he was 94 years old, but it is still hard to accept that so many wonderful talents are still being lost to Covid19. The world of samba has been deprived of many of its artists because of this terrible tragedy that still has Brazil in its grip. Nelson had a long and productive career but his talent was rewarded with a solo album very late in his life. Its a recurrent story with many bambas, not counting the ones that are simply ignored by the industry... We noticed now that in this long and productive career Nelson had moments where he takes part in groups or scenes that we've described in previous episodes of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society. So in this blog post we are proposing an immersion in the history of Rio's samba world... |
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