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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