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The sound of Brazil

June 16th, 2007 · No Comments

America has flirted with Brazilian music for the last fifty years, beginning with the tropical bossa nova sound that conquered pop jazz in the ’60s and most recently manifesting itself in the baile funk of the urban slums. But the wide range of quality music from the country can be intimidating.
Prefix Mag compiled eleven records […]

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Tags: Brazil · Taste Magazine · Music

Free summer music shows in New York

June 16th, 2007 · No Comments

June 1:
Animal Collective: South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 7 p.m.

June 8:
Robin Thicke: Bryant Park, 7 a.m.
Rihanna: Rockefeller Plaza, 7 a.m.

June 12:
Joan Armatrading: World Financial Center Plaza, 7 p.m.

June 14:
Elk City: Barnes & Noble, Union Square

June 15:
Cassandra Wilson, Olu Dara: Central Park Summerstage, 7 p.m.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Great Northern: Sound Fix Records, Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

June 16:
Television, Apples in Stereo, and Dragons of Zynth: Central Park Summerstage, 3-6 p.m.
Joan Osborne and The Jazz Passengers: Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Oneida, Jonathan Chambers, Widower and Larune: Sound Fix Records, Brooklyn, 4 p.m.
Oneida: Highline Ballroom, 8 p.m.

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