Caetano Veloso

I’m continuing with more tropicalismo because it is one of the larger influences for many of the naturalismo artists. Tropicalismo isn’t so much a genre that you dabble with a few artists and move on, it swallows you whole and you regain consciousness several months later. I recall an old interview with Beck where [...]

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Os Lobos

If Os Mutantes were to Brazil what the Beatles were to England, then I have no idea how to classify Os Lobos. In fact, I would say that Os Mutantes were more to early Pink Floyd or the Soft machine. Os Lobos take several pages from the Beatles, while still managing to craft some of [...]

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