In The Stacks 8/24/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Gal Costa - Gal Costa - Universal, 1969. 🇧🇷🗣️🫧⨻🎨🎭🧀⚙︎:  Not her debut, between the first 3 decades of her career she released 6 albums with titles using some form of her name! This is an aspect of Brazilian music titling fancies common to most Brazilian artists and also that they often have… Continue reading In The Stacks 8/24/26

In The Stacks 7/23/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho - Paêbirú - Normal, 1975. 🇧🇷🌎🫧🪨⨻😵‍💫🫧📣🔮🪄🫂 :  An eclectic Brazilian Pop album which draws from Rock, Psychedelic, traditional Brazilian Folk music, Classical and Improvisational styles. There are Funk Bass lines, giving way to Classical sounding guitar with a drifting flute and bird song mixed in. Then something… Continue reading In The Stacks 7/23/26

In The Stacks 6/13/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Célia - Celia - Mr. Bongo, 1970. 🇧🇷🗣️ 🎭🪦🫧: Celia, the other—Brazilian, Celia Cruz, a Pop Singer and personality in Brazil, released 4 self-titled albums. This recording was the first, from 1970. It has a great song list featuring many of Brazil's finest composers. The eponymous album titles are a Brazilian plague, you literally need to… Continue reading In The Stacks 6/13/26

In The Stacks 5/10/26

Overall = 2.7 (10)  ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Vinicius Cantuaria - Psychedelic Rio - Sunnyside, 2024. 🇧🇷 😵‍💫 ⎄: I might describe this as Dreamy Brazilian Cowboy music rather than Psychedelic Rio. Perhaps the lyrics are the trippy part and I just don't understand Portuguese? The album has some creative guitar work and the songs create… Continue reading In The Stacks 5/10/26

In The Stacks 4/5/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Vinicius Cantuária- Sol Na Cara - Gramavision/Rykodisc, 1996.  🇧🇷 🗣️⎄🔌 🎸 👁️ 🌃 🌎🔮: A beautiful, drifting and languid, modern Brazilian recording. This was Mr. Cantuária’s first International album and he had released several albums in Brazil prior. There is a very subtle use of electronics that I love and he employs… Continue reading In The Stacks 4/5/26