Chicago dance-music veteran Ron Trent creates deep house that can keep a dance floor jumping for hours while simultaneously maintaining an intoxicating tranquility. Since the early 90s, Trent has built a reputation for appealing both to house heads who treat Marshall Jefferson’s “Move Your Body” as a commandment and drone devotees who thrive on meditative, […]
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Brazilian Music, Then and Now
On a new live album, Brazilian great Caetano Veloso revisits some vintage tunes with his scrappy young trio; Soul Jazz Records releases a knockout primer of 60s bossa nova and modern samba.
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Celebrating Tom Zé
On Sunday afternoon the Chicago Cultural Center screens an excellent documentary on Brazilian musician Tom Ze in conjunction with new Ze releases on Luaka Bop Records.
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Garotas Suecas at Schubas Tuesday: Not Tropicalia, but Not Bad
Brazilian rock band Garotas Suecas, who play Schubas on Tuesday, seem to have inspired all kinds of folks to call their music modern-day tropicalia. Don’t believe them.
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Rogerio Duprat, key sonic architect of Tropicalia, dead at 74
Rogerio Duprat, the composer who helped the define the sound of Tropicalia, dies at 74