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Beyond the Bossa Nova
Brazil's brand new Minister of Culture is composer and singer Gilberto Gil, who says he's now "gone from being the stone thrower to the glass." Back in the Sixties he and fellow musician Caetano Veloso were exiled from Brazil by the military dictatorship. They had founded the Tropicalia movement, a style of music and thinking that challenged all assumptions. Gil and Veloso made--and continue to make--a kind of intelligent, experimental pop that has no match in the U.S. Host David Garland offers some of their recordings, along with related Brazilian music by Os Mutantes, Jorge Ben, Gal Costa, Tom Ze, and the man who inspired them, Joao Gilberto.
David Garland on the Web
All About WNYC's Music Host
David Garland, host of WNYC's Evening Music and Spinning on Air, is also a composer and a performer. He has performed his music extensively in the U.S. and Europe and several of his recordings and downloads are available on his Web site, DavidGarland.com.
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