BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, Brazil 2008, World Routes in Brazil: Carnival, Maracatu, ciranda and Mangue bit (original) (raw)
Maracatu, ciranda and Mangue bit
Lucy Duran travels to northeast Brazil and Rio de Janeiro to record traditional music associated with the famous carnival, including maracatu, frevo, ciranda and mangue bit.
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As part of series of programmes celebrating the Brazilian carnival and its music, Lucy Duran travels to two places famous for their Carnivals - Recife in the Northeast and Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast. She discovers some of the rhythms unique to Recife including maracatu, frevo and ciranda, recorded on a beach, in a cow-shed and in the old colonial city of Olinda. She also finds out about the mangue bit movement and its frontman, the late Chico Science.
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Sugar fields of North West Brazil
Lucy Duran starts her journey, in the North West of Brazil.
Duration: 06:56
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Déodat de Séverac
Girl from Ipanema
Siba and Maracatu
Siba discusses his music and Maracatu.
Duration: 09:37
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Siba
Toda vez que eu dou um passo
Artist: Siba and his band, Fuloresta
* All recorded by the BBC in Nazare da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil.Siba
O Bloca da Bicharada
Artist: Siba and his band, Fuloresta
* All recorded by the BBC in Nazare da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil.Indigenous music in Brazil
Siba explains how difficult it is to hear indigenous music in Brazil.
Duration: 06:43
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Siba
Vale do Juca
Artist: Siba and his band, Fuloresta
* All recorded by the BBC in Nazare da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil.Olinda's Carnival
Paulo explains the history of Olinda, its wild carnivals and music.
Duration: 07:21
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Sao Goncalo do Amarante
Arranger: Paixao Artist: Luiz Paixao and his group
* All recorded by the BBC in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil.Luiz Paixao and Sea horse tradition music
Luiz Paixao trys to explainthe 'sea horse tradition' of music.
Duration: 10:02
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Arrumadinho
Arranger: Paixao Artist: Luiz Paixao and his group
* All recorded by the BBC in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil.Déodat de Séverac
Toada Solta, amor, amor, amor
Arranger: Paixao Artist: Luiz Paixao and his group
* All recorded by the BBC in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil.Chico Science and "Mangue bit"
Lucy and Paulo discuss Chico Science and his revolutionary style of music , ‘Mangue bit’.
Duration: 06:16
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Nação Zumbi
Quilombo Groove
Composer: Science/Zumbi
* Afrociberdelia.
* Sony 850.278/2-479255.Nação Zumbi
Um Passeio no Mundro (Live)
Composer: Dengue/Lucio Maia/Gira/Jorge Du Peixe/Pupilo
* Afrociberdelia.
* Sony 850.278/2-479255.Nação Zumbi
Maco
Composer: Science/Jorge Du Peixe/Eduardo Bidlovski
* Afrociberdelia.
* Sony 850.278/2-479255.Mautner/Jacobina
Maracatu Atomico
Artist: Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi:
* Afrociberdelia.
* Sony 850.278/2-479255.Lia Itamaraca and 'Ciranda' music
Paul explains the impact that Lia Itamaraca made in Brazil.
Duration: 11:33
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Various Cirandas, including Quem me deu foi Lia
Arranger: Lia de Itamarca Artist: Lia de Itamaraca and her group
* Recorded by the BBC on the island of Itamaraca, Pernambuco, Brazil.Siba
Vale do Juca
Artist: Siba and his Band, Fuloresta
* Recorded by the BBC in Nazare da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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