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
by MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 478 It's that time of the year when we regret not being in Brazil. The summer is long, the days are hot and the carnival frenzy is already in the air. Well, all we can do from Barcelona is provide you with some of that feeling... This episode of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast kicks off carnival proceedings celebrating the variety of styles heard in the streets of Brazil this time of the year. We bring you some tracks of the new album by Deo Lopes, a 'sambeiro' that we've met many carnivals ago at Monteiro Lobato and since then is in our playlists. We also play songs from the new album of BaianaSysytem 'O Futuro Não Demora. Originally broadcast on 19/February/2019 on Contrabanda 91.4 FM. Our vids of the week are: Lucas Santtana "Lycra-limão" A must in my long bicycle rides into the night in Rio, Lycra Limão is from Lucas Santtana's album Parada de Lucas from 2003. Originais do samba - Tragédia No Fundo Do Mar (O Assassinato Do Camarão) Never mind the old recording, this is a video with the first formation of Originais do Samba singing on TV one of their greatest hits from 1974, still with iconic comedian Mussum in the ranks. Pouca Chinfra - Finarmente Here is a cool and relaxed rendition of 'Finarmente', one of our favorite songs by this band from Recife, with the special appearance of Lucas dos Prazeres at Clube do Samba de Recife. Deo Lopes - Odete A sweet home recording of a rehearsal of Deo Lopes' band preparing for the release of his new album 'Sambeiro' in 2019. BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
Lucas Santtana "Lycra-limão"
Tragédia No Fundo Do Mar (O Assassinato Do Camarão) - Originais do samba
Finarmente - Pouca Chinfra
Odete - Deo Lopes
By MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 473 | Spin Filipe Barros has made regular appearances on the CAS playlists since the day we came across his previous band, Bande Ciné. At first they just made groovy versions of French chanson classics, until Filipe started playing his own songs, in French and Portuguese. Soo n afterwards the band had to change its formation and name to Bande Dessinée, when an "emo" band with a similar name emerged. Following his excellent début album 'Miocárdio' under the name Barro, the recently-released 'Somos' consolidates him as a sophisticated musician and producer who is not afraid of making fine pop tunes. We also bring you a cute rendition of 'Kizomba' by the kids from Colégio Pedro II, celebrating Kizomba - Feira de Africanidades do Colégio Pedro II. When it was recorded last year it was a simple exercise of one's right to celebrate our roots and identity. In the present situation in Brasil, this is close to subversive behavior in a state-funded school. I confess I planned to publish the video of the song in the blog but I completely lost track of it and there was no finding it again. Oh, yes, before you get there: we now know what Chicco sings in the last song of the show, and it's not "O mal não tem cabeludão", for sure. Our vids of the week are: Barro - Somos I like Lyric videos because they help our foreign listeners sing along and get familiar with the Portuguese language. The lyric video clip from the title track 'Somos' got my attention for the nice solutions and interactions between the motion graphics and shot scenes. Bande Dessinée - Tu veux ou tu veux pas probably the first track we played by one of Felipe's bands, here in a live performance exactly with the same formation as when we first saw them in Rio, with a 'baby' Felipe and a 'baby' José Demóstenes AKA Macaco from Pouca Chinfra. Bande Dessinée - Perdizes Perdizes was the first single released in 2014 for the album 'Destemida' from 2016 at that time already with Bande Dessinée's new formation. It was directed by Willian Paiva. Dona Inah - Velho Ateu The beautiful samba composed by Eduardo Gudin and Roberto Riberti sung by the great Dona Inah is a gem that deserves to be translated. Check it out below the vid. BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
Barro - Somos (Lyric Video)
Bande Dessinée - Tu veux ou tu veux pas
Bande Dessinée - Perdizes
Dona Inah - Velho Ateu
Um velho ateu
Um bêbado cantor, poeta Na madrugada cantava essa canção-seresta Se eu fosse deus A vida bem que melhorava Se eu fosse deus Daria aos que não têm nada E toda janela fechava Pros versos que aquele poeta cantava Talvez por medo das palavras De um velho de mãos desarmadas An old atheist A drunken singer, a poet In the night sang this song, serenade If I were God Life would be much better If I were God I would give to those who have nothing And every window closed For the verses that the poet sang Maybe afraid of the words From an old man with unarmed hands 
By MdC Suingue Click for CAS 470 This week like most weeks, the Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast does not focus on a single style but contrasts several different periods, regions and moods in Brazilian music. But yes, there is a strong presence of songs about the social struggles, racism, sexism and gender rights // Originally broadcast on 06/Nov/2018 on Contrabanda 91.4 FM. Our vids of the week are: Karol Conka - Kaça A powerful video clip about gender rights evoking Afro-Brazilian religious entities - written, edited and directed by J.Brivilati - with dancer Natasha Vergílio and actor Emerson Natividade. João Amorim - Passa, Tchonga! A delicious invitation to dance and think about toxic relationships, by João Amorim. It has a curious story: Amorim was working as a producer in a political campaign that needed a jingle. They discovered Amorim's talents and before the team left Amapa they got together to make this vid and show his music to the world. Garotas Suecas - Não Tem Conversa Another strong manifesto about a hypocritical male-oriented society ridden with corruption and racism from Garotas Suecas' album 'Futuro do Pretérito' . Directed by Gabriel "KOI". BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
Karol Conka - Kaça
João Amorim - Passa, Tchonga!
By MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 471 In this show we bring you the latest album by The Baggios ('Vulcão') and a new/old project: O Branco e o Índio. O Branco e O Índio (click to listen and download the album) is 'old' because the core of the band - Flávio Abbes and Bruno Rezende - have been working on experimental sounds for a few years now. And it's 'new' because, with the addition of the 'rhythm kitchen' - Pedro Serra on drums and Roberto Souza on bass - the project acquired a complete new sound. After one year of recording and producing new material oB&oÍ finally released their first album with the new formation. In a telephone interview with drummer Pedro Serra, he tells us more about the new material, the band members' experiences in the 'carioca' underground and the acceptance of the album on radios and music blogs worldwide. The Baggios is a rock band from São Cristovão, Sergipe, northeast of Brazil. It was formed in 2004 and for a long time was a duo -Julio Andrade, guitar and vocals and Gabriel Carvalho on drums. For their acclaimed third album 'Brutown' they included Rafael Ramos on keyboards and bass, who remains as part of the band in their new album 'Vulcão', that also features contributions by Céu and Baiana System. Our vids of the week are: The Baggios - Caldeirão das Bruxas The first released single from 'Vulcão' is the track 'Caldeirão das Bruxas' registered here during the recording of the new álbum at the notorious Toca do Bandido studios. The video was edited by Julio Andrade himself. Tono - Aquele Cara Live performance by the band from Rio de Janeiro, Tono, at Oi Novo Som, a legendary project that used to feature new bands back in 2010. A Banda dos Corações Partidos - Veneno Lyric video of the track extracted from the latest EP by A Banda Dos Corações Partidos called 'Desamor'. BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
The Baggios - Caldeirão Das Bruxas
TONO - Aquele Cara
A Banda dos Corações Partidos - Veneno (Lyric Vídeo)
By MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 467 In this episode we were still in the middle of elections in Brazil, but some days all you want is to listen to music, full stop. Too absorbed with work and information pouring from every side, we didn’t even feel up to seriously exploring new material. Just a nice and comfortable varied playlist with loads of nice tracks to warm up our hearts... Our vids of the week are: 1- A rare live version of Júpiter Maçã’s classic ‘Lugar Do Caralho’ (1996) recorded in 2009, ten years after Júpiter, the iconic rocker from Rio Grande do Sul deceased in 2015, changed his name to Jupiter Apple. In this TV show there certainly was a problem with his monitor speaker and he is well out of tune, so give the guy a break. ‘Lugar do Caralho’ describes the ideal bohemian spot for Jupiter: “it must have nice people, nice music and cheap beer” and yes, people prone to taking some LSD... 2- A beautiful acoustic version of ‘Preta Yaiá’ by Xênia França recorded for Quintal video channel 3- Alessandra Leão joined two traditional ritual chants - one from Babassuê of Belém de Pará and the other a chant to Xangô from Recife - to compose the track ‘Doutrina e Toque De Yemanjá’ for her EP Pedra de Sal from 2014. As Yemanjá is the sea ‘orixá’ the director Martim Simões built the clip with vintage archive footage exploring the theme. 4- Until recently rap had the reputation of an all-male culture, but in recent years we saw the rise of many female and LGBT+ stars. But poetry has no gender bias and Quebrada Queer shows in their video Pra Quem Duvidou (Prod. Apuke Beat) that besides delivering a message of confrontational resistance they have a lot to bring in terms of aesthetics for the industry. 5- “Pas De Deux” is the clip by Thiago Pethit directed by Vera Egito and Renata Chebel. From his album ‘Estrela Decadente’ from 2014. Try to spot him in the video. Spoiler: he is NOT Laura Neiva, ok? :-) BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
Júpiter Maçã - "Um lugar do caralho"
Xênia França - Preta Yaiá
Alessandra Leão - Doutrina e Toque de Yemanjá
Quebrada Queer - Pra Quem Duvidou
Thiago Pethit - Pas de Deux
By MdC Suingue
Click for CAS 465 RECIPE In the dark days of the 1964 dictatorship in Brazil, the military governments had a civil servant placed in all major newsrooms exclusively to censor any information that was not in line with the ‘reality’ dictated by the government’s filter of what ordinary folk were allowed to know. Big chunks of the front and internal pages of the newspapers were censored, so some editors decided to give readers a clue that part of the news had been withdrawn: some left an empty space where the text should have been, some filled it with poetry and others with recipes. This episode of the CAS was broadcast in mid September, before the elections that brought back the spirit of authoritarian rule. Much of what we said in the show, though not officially censored (yet), suddenly might represent real and present danger to us. We don’t know exactly what will happen, but the fact is that new laws just passed already allow for spying on citizens on and offline and make it easy to criminalize political opposition. So until things are clearer and we can have a proper grip on just how far back into the past our new president wants to reach, we thought we should be cautious with what we post in the podcast version of the show. What better way than to apply the same method used by our veteran journalists back in the day. If you’re one for thrills, listen to the live - uncensored - broadcasts every Wednesday on bit.ly/Contrabanda at 6pm GMT+2 Our vids of the week are: 1- MPB4 singing a classic of their repertoire, Pesadelo. We couldn’t find an old live recording of this song, guess why? Because it was too subversive to be aired on TV at the time. 2- A song by Coletivo do Quadrado that was calling the coup a coup back in 2016. Over these two years the dismantling of democracy and civil rights engineered by a corrupt majority in our political and judicial system has come a long way. And the last elections proved that it is evolving towards a proper military coup - even if they refuse to name it so. 3- The video clip of the new single by Zé de Riba, the autobiographic ‘Cabra Trabalhador’ (Working Guy) featuring Carla Shinabe and directed by Douglas Cordeiro. 4- Pantera Negra by Emicida is inspired in the latest film about the Afro avenger Black Panther from the comics. “With the claw, reason and coldness, bro If things get heavy, the certainty is to come back as a Black Panther (I came back)” 5- The complete recipe for 'Coxinha' - at least that version of it... BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST: 
MPB4 - Pesadelo
Vai ter luta - Danú e as Veras (Coletivo do Quadrado)
Zé de Riba - Cabra Trabalhador feat Carla Shinabe
Pantera Negra - Emicida
How to Make Coxinha! by Hilah Cooking
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