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| This page has been composed in cooperation Jeroen van de Ent, another member of Sambalanço. Jeroen has made homepages for the Brazilian kitchen and Pandeiristas! Most of the links on this page were collected and annotated by Jeroen. If a link is outdated, please don't shoot us, we're only the pandeiro and the caixa player but contact us. You will find links in the following categories: Dutch sites, Brazilian artists, Brazilian music miscellaneous and Brasil miscellaneous |
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| DUTCH SITES | ||
| samba.pagina.nl | information about samba in Holland | |
| SambAgenda | concert dates of Ditch samba bands | |
| Agogô | information about capoeira in Holland | |
| Pandeiristas! | Learn to play the pandeiro with these patterns and download the soundclips to practice with. | |
| Redondo | Brazilian musical instruments and workshops and organizer of the Viva Brasil festival which takes place every year in June and has featured artists like Olodum, Timbalada, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben Jor, Daniela Mercury, Margareth Menezes and Daude. | |
| TEAP | agency for, among others, Brazilian dance groups | |
| BRAZILIAN ARTISTS | ||
| Ara Ketu | African-Brazilian music from Bahia, struggles against racism and prejudice | |
| Airto Moreira and FLora Purim | An already legendary couple, still making intriguing music | |
| Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim | the maestro has his own following at the Clube do Tom, probably the most famous Brazilian artist outside of Brazil except for Pele & Ronaldinho | |
| Ary Barroso | a legendary and influential composer/poet/artist is the main subject of Daniela's site | |
| Banda Mel / Bamdamel | Point Mel | |
| Barão Vermelho | homepage do Barão Vermelho | |
| Beth Carvalho | check this sambista with a strong traditional style. | |
| Braguinha | Braguinha | |
| Caetano Veloso | poet, composer and musician with an elegant site | |
| Carlinhos Brown | great percussionist and band leader of Timbalada who makes Afro-Brazilian music without prejudice. He has started his own music school "Pracatum" | |
| Cazuza | homepage do Cazuza | |
| Chico Barque | also has an offical site with "40 interviews, 340 song lyrics (some with explanatory notes), complete discography, one sound file from each album release, reviews (good and bad), excerpts from his books, a rare statement he made to the Museu da Imagem e do Som when he was 22 years old, interviews to the alternative paper O Pasquim and an interview with Julinho da Adelaide, Chico's pseudonym created to fool the censors in the early 70's."(quoted from Egidio :) and on this fanpage , you can read some more of his lyrics | |
| Chico Science | an artist who died to soon but influenced a lot of people with his mangue-beat. Read the (big) interview at Universo Online | |
| Daniela Mercury | Canto da Cidade Unofficial Daniela Mercury`s Home-Page | |
| Daniela Mercury | Daniela's Virtual - Fanático Clube Oitava Maravilha do Mundo | |
| Daúde | a beautiful lady sings Brazilian soul/R&B | |
| Daúde | Daúde's official website | |
| Djavan | soul, funk, traditions and jazz..Djavan got it all, DJ Tahira's favourite Brazilian artist | |
| É o tchan vem aí | É o tchan vem aí | |
| Ed Motta | Brazil's own Marvin Gaye | |
| Fernanda Abreu | homepage da Fernanda Abreu | |
| Elba Ramalho | homepage da Elba Ramalho | |
| Gilberto Gil | innovator, rebel and great musician | |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos | was a very influential classical composer. This page offers links to all sites dedicated to him | |
| Ivan Lins | Ivan Lins | |
| João Gilberto | no pictures of the famous Girl from Ipanema but a nice looking discography, not only famous for his joints with Stan Getz. For those that want to play his music here's a site with some Chords | |
| Jorge Mautner | Jorge Mautner | |
| Karnak | homepage do Karnak | |
| Leila Pinheiro | she sings beautiful popular Brazilian music, hear an interview with her on Star Media | |
| LuLu Santos | homepage do LuLu Santos | |
| Marina Lima | Marina Lima | |
| Marisa Monte | Marisa Monte's beautiful home page, a true Samba-Rockstar, popular around the globe | |
| Marisa Monte | Home-page não oficial da Marisa Monte | |
| Martinho da Vila | an interview with this sambista | |
| Milton Nascimento | go visit the non-official Clube da Esquina of this great artist | |
| Nana Vasconcelos | homepage da Nana Vasconcelos | |
| Olodum | Página Oficial do Olodum you saw them in the Michael Jackson video of "They don't care about us", you can see them in the streets of Pelourinho every sunday and tuesday and now you can even find them on the web, this is their official homepage.....peace&love to Andrea Neves and all the other dancers and singers of the Olodum school! |
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| Os Paralamas do Successo | Os Paralamas do Successo | |
| Os Paralamas do Successo | Hey Na Na, the Os Paralamas do Successo homepage | |
| Rita Lee | homepage da Rita Lee | |
| Rita Ribeiro | sings MPB (I haven't listened to her yet, this is her debut) | |
| Timbalada | the drumband, founded by Carlinhos Brown has two fan pages | |
| Timbalada | the drumband, founded by Carlinhos Brown has two fan pages | |
| Titãs | Titãs | |
| Toninho Horta | a genius guitar-player from Minas Gerais, rumours are that he's doing experiments with Drum&Bass... | |
| Vange Leonel | homepage do Vange Leonel | |
| Zélia Duncan | homepage da Zélia Duncan | |
| Zumbi | The Afro-Brazilian quilombo leader is an influential character in Brazilian history, and on this page you can find some info on him and the quilombos | |
| BRAZILIAN MUSIC MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| The world samba home page | this page contains information about periodical events, books, etc. and links to national samba home pages like those of Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Afro-Brazilian Arts Connection | music & culture from two continents mixed up, now what does that sound like? | |
| Arquivo MPB | In this archive you will find lyrics of some 100 Brazilian artists | |
| Catalogue of historical music | info/cds from sambistas from back in the days...also carries other brazilian music genres like capoeira, percussion, MPB | |
| Chords | of Brazilian music can be studied at this page | |
| The Brazilian Guitar Page | is exactly what its name tells you | |
| Images | of Brazilian musicians, composers, female/male singers | |
| Instruments | buy Brazilian Instruments online | |
| Midi #1 | download or listen to these classic bossa nova tunes in midi format | |
| Musical history | learn about the land's musical traditions and origins | |
| The Brazilian Sound | Chris McGowan's site, he is the author of "The Brazilian Sound" , which gives a good insight to who is who in Brazilian music. A very useful site with lots of information. | |
| MTV Brasil | the site of the TV-channel, offers videos and sound excerpts of national stars | |
| Bahiabeat Agenda Cultural | If you wanna find out what you are missing this weekend, check out the agenda of Bahia Beat | |
| Patterns | learn to play samba and other rhythms in no time with these patterns | |
| Radio MPB | Brazilian popular music on the net | |
| Brazilian music 101 | DJ Roger gives an explanation of different music styles from Brasil and recommends the CDs and artists that are representative examples | |
| Brazilian Music UpToDate | Find out about the hottest news and gossips in Brazilian music | |
| Carnaval.com | A carnaval site with information from all around the world | |
| O DIA online | Excellent site with all the information you would like to have about carnaval in Brazil | |
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Recordings of Brazilian birdsounds |
if you ever wonderdered where the sounds of samba derived from then take a listen to these | |
| BRASIL MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| Brazil | read all about the country, culture and people at the Lonely Planet's guide to Brazil, a nice starting point for vacations... or check this very complete site by a guy called Walter | |
| Brazil | The Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs , has a very well documented site about Brazil | |
| Germany & Brazil | a very good looking site about all things Brazilian in Germany (in German) | |
| Nature | Brazil has a lot of animals creeping and crawling in the jungle, in the mountains and in the water. Go to this site to see some of the wonders of Brazilian | |
| NGO's in Bahia | read info on the good work of non-governmental-organisations in Northern Brasil | |
| Books | in Portuguese or English from Brazilian writers or about Brazil, Lusobraz also has videos and t-shirts | |
| Dictionary | need something translated? This site will let you do it more than in Brazilian Portuguese only | |
| How to curse in Brazil | learn 55 ways to say that his/her mother is so ugly that.... in (Brazilian) Portuguese.. | |
| Products from Brazil | Casa Brasil import goods from Brazil and sells them in Europe (does also do large orders) at a fair price | |
| Live-wired cameras | Have you ever wanted to take a look at the Brazilian streetlife in Rio or any other Brazilian city? You can do so now with these cameras | |
| The Guarana home page | everything you always wanted to know about Brazil's favourite softdrink | |
| Carlos Drummond de Andrade | is a legendary witer and poet, check out this site dedicated to his memories | |
This page was created by Marvin Philippi at
Marvin.Philippi@rivm.nl
or philippi@euronet.nl,
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