:: These reviews were originally published
Reviews 2004
Image courtesy of Anthony Baldwin• Early music for year’s end •
Banza recovers tunes of the 17th century.
31 December 2004• Half & half plus Guinga •
Mixed doubles with assorted offerings.
21 November 2004• From “Insensatez” to boTECOeletro •
Potpourri for a troubled age.
4 November 2004• Emperor of samba •
A secret called Marcos Sacramento.
by Ruy Castro
20 October 2004• Niterói grunge •
Luís Capucho, irremediable poète maudit.
4 October 2004• Real jazz, really Brazilian •
Filó Machado shows off his chops
in Jazz de Senzala.
21 September 2004• O Cantor das Multidões •
Orlando Silva’s biography
returns in a third edition.
18 September 2004• Sardines, samba, choro, jazz •
Pagode Jazz Sardinha’s Club straddles the genres.
4 September 2004• Elis & Tom, Special Edition 2004 •
To buy or not to buy?
1 September 2004• O Encontro au Bon Gourmet •
The disc that no one reviewed.
27 August 2004• Fresh tradition •
Johnson Machado’s vivacious choro
is the cat’s meow.
18 August 2004• Chansonnier par excellence •
Marcio Proença sings of and for adults.
2 August 2004• Radamés, de novo •
The Grigoryan brothers regale us with
a masterful reading of “Retratos.”
22 July 2004• You play what? •
The fiddles and beats of Carcoarco.
9 July 2004• Mining Minas for poetry •
Celso Adolfo sings his homeland.
12 June 2004• Invitation to the dance, Pt. 2 •
Chalana de Prata navigates the Pantanal.
19 April 2004• Invitation to the dance, Pt. 1 •
Paulo Moura’s gafieira romp.
19 March 2004• The modernity of tradition, revisited •
Marcos Sacramento sings
memorable sambas.
30 January 2004
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