Thursday, February 11, 2010

Brazilian music events in February

Brazilian Carnaval in Down Town Los Angeles
Saturday, February 20 - Club Nokia - 8PM

This year’s theme for Salvador Bahia’s Carnaval is “60 years of Trio Eletrico”. From the energizing sounds of classic samba and Afro-Brazilian music, to the mind-blowing rhythms of 20 percussionists and shimmying samba dancers, the 10th Annual Brazilian Carnaval 2010 will be celebrated for the first time in the heart of Downtown LA.

Special guest apperances and performances by musician Armandinho, May, and Percussionist Chalo Eduardo and participatory parading choreography lead on the dance floor in traditional "BLOCO DE CARNAVAL" style.. Along with a tribute to purveyor of Brazilian music and dance Luiznho – founder of the first Samba school for homesick Brazilians that ran for 17 years in LA.

The 7th Annual Santa Barbara Brazilian “Carnaval Cultural” -
Santa Barbara – February 19, 20, & 21

The Brazilian Carnaval Cultural will bring a weekend extravaganza with three events and the exposure of Brazilian Culture in Santa Barbara County through popular art, cinema, lectures, dance and music.

Friday, February 19 - Santa Barbara Public Central Library/Faulkner Gallery - 7pm - The film screening of “Foliar Brasil” (Celebration Brazil) and lectures from Hanna Jacobs (UCSB and Meire Fernandes (Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival).

Saturday, February 20 - So-Ho Club & Restaurant – 9pm - The Carnaval Bowl Party featuring Live Brazilian Music, by local Afro-Brazilian Band “Prakantar”, Batucada by “Nos do Gheto, acrobatic moves by Capoeira Sul da Bahia and dance performances by Raiz Brazil Dance Company plus Art Expo by Brazilian artists.

Sunday, February 21 - 2pm - (*Location TBA) featuring an audio-visual experience with guest speakers and a special “Rio Style Samba Scholl” performance by Campbell Hall High Scholl Music Group from Studio City.

Check the official site for up dates - www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com


OC Brazilian Carnaval Matinee - Sunday, February 14 - 1:30PM
Newport Beach Golf Course - Tee Lounge

All Ages Welcomed!Featuring "SambaJah" Live, Samba Dancers, Prizes for Best Costume (Adult and Kid) and Best Kid Samba Dancer, and “Feijoada Completa” served 3:30pm - Wow $15 Tickets in advance includes the Feijoada complete! Kids Under 10 Free! ($7.50 optional for Feijoada).

A lot of space on the back with golf course view! If not in costume, wear your favorite soccer jersey! Tickets on Sale starting this Sat. Jan 30 at Gauchos Market in Anaheim and Coronas Market in Laguna Hills or By C.C calling (818)468-6474 – Event must be sold out – Guarantee your ticket buying in advance!

Masters of Persian Music, Keyhan Kalhor and Hossein Alizadeh
Wednesday, February 10 – Disney Hall – 8:00PM

Two key figures in Persian classical music – Kayhan Kalhor (spike fiddle) and Hossein Alizadeh (plucked lute) – headline this edition of Masters of Persian Music, which will entrance with evocative improvisations and highlight the next generation.

http://www.laphil.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4065

Zanzibar Brazilian Night - Sunday, March 7th – Zanzibar

9:00 PM - Andree Belle
10:00 PM - Kandace Lindsay
11:00 PM - MUAMBA - Brazilian Samba-Funk feat. Carla Hasset Sergio DJs Brazilian Music
Zanzibar at 5th and Arizona in Santa Monica
1301 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401-1414
(310) 451-2221
www.zanzibarlive.com

Brazilian Nites Productions presents: GILBERTO GIL:
The String Concert featuring Jaques Morelenbaum & Bem Gil
Saturday, March 20 – Royce Hall - 8:00PM

Tickets: $78, $55, $45, $35
$17 student tickets availablePlease call 310-825-2101 for tickets and discount information.
Click here for more information at
www.BrazilianNites.com
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=730

Caetano Veloso - The Greek Theater – Thursday, April 15
“Caetano Veloso is one of the greatest songwriters of the century: a master melodist, a lyricist who merges surreal imagery with a sense of history and a sense of humor, a singer whose voice radiates tenderness and supple swing and a musician who connects to traditional music, pop and jazz from all over.” —The New York Times

Caetano Veloso will open the award-winning Greek Theatre’s 2010 season. Caetano Veloso is among the most influential and beloved artists to emerge from Brazil. Known there since the 1960’s, Veloso has made more than thirty recordings to date and has developed a strong international following.

Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, in 1942, Caetano Veloso began his professional musical career in 1965 in Sao Paulo. In his first compositions he drew on the bossa novas of Joao Gilberto, but rapidly began to develop his own distinctive style. Absorbing musical and aesthetic ideas from sources as diverse as The Beatles, concrete poetry, the French Dadaists and the Brazilian modernist poets of the 1920s, Caetano, together with Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, his sister Maria Bethania, and a number of other poets and intellectuals, founded a movement called Tropicalismo. By experimenting with new sounds and words, adding electric guitars to their bands and utilizing the imagery of modern poetry, Caetano became a musical revolutionary.

Although Tropicalismo set the tone for Caetano’s career, his music has evolved greatly over the years. Incorporating elements of rock, reggae, fado, tango, samba canao, baiao and rap-- with lyrics containing some of the best poetry in a musical tradition rich in verse-- Caetano’s music is sometimes traditional, sometimes contemporary, often hybrid. At once an astute social commentator and balladeer of highly emotive love songs, Caetano is one of the most respected poets in the Portuguese language. Indeed he is one of only a handful of artists who has resolved how to be musically modern and still undeniably Brazilian.

The International Human Rights Film Series & UCLA International Institute Presents:
Condor
- Wednesday, February 24 – James Bridges Theater , Melnitz Hall - 7:00 PM – 9:00PM

Condor : A film about the collaboration between South American military governments, which ended up with the kidnapping and murder of thousands of innocent people in the 1970s. This film is a human account of these events, telling the story of state terrorism and, above all, personal stories in the search for justice. A film by Roberto Mader with music by Victor Biglion. Portuguese, Spanish and English withEnglish subtitles Brazil / 2007 / 106 min Free and Open to the Public.

Brazilian Hour – Sat. & Sun from 9:00am to 10:00am - KXLU-LA 88.9FM
30 years Plus of good Brazilian music worldwide
www.kxlu.com

Global Village Fridays – 11:00am to 1:00pm - KPFK-LA 90.7
Listen Live on line:
http://www.kpfk.org/listen-live.html

Playlist and show information:
http://www.kpfk.org/programs/111-globalvillagefri.html

Audio Archives and Podcast:
http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/index.php?shokey=gv_sergio

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