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

In The Stacks 2/25/26

ItS Intro/Key  Play/Mix New icon! 🥃 - Drunk ass music VA - Bossa Copa: Un Show de Bossa en Bossa Copa - Historia De la Bossa Nova, 1966. 🇧🇷 ❂ ✺🎟️: A collection of live Bossa Nova that appears as if it were a concert recording, but seems to actually be a sampler from the… Continue reading In The Stacks 2/25/26