BBC Four : Brasil, Brasil

January 14, 2008

BBC Four : Brasil, Brasil
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Comprehensive review of Brazilian music in a three-part series which tells the story of the styles and the artists that have captured the world’s imagination for decades.

From Samba to Bossa (Part 1 of 3)

The series starts in the days of slavery, when an estimated 4 million Africans were forcibly moved to Brazil, and traces the development of samba from the poor black areas of Salvador and Rio, where it was initially banned, to its fusion with European styles and its move to the mainstream.

The programme follows the career of samba’s most successful and glamorous international star, Carmen Miranda, and the growth of the samba schools that dominate the Rio carnival. It traces the fight-back by musicians from the poor Northeast, who used a rival style, forro, to sing about the harsh realities of their lives, and shows how politics helped the development of a sophistcated new samba-jazz fusion, bossanova, from the Fifties, that was to bring international success to Joao Gilberto and Tom Jobim.

The programme ends with the military coup that ended the optimistic, easy-going bossa era.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/79295850/Brasil.Brasil.1of3.part3.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/79296087/Brasil.Brasil.1of3.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/79295886/Brasil.Brasil.1of3.part6.rar

The Tropicalia Revolution (Part 2 of 3)

The second programme in the series covers the military era in Brazil, from 1964-85, and discusses the role that musicians played in leading the fight-back and how they suffered as a result. The era began with the left-wing protest movement headed by singers like Nara Leao, that was matched against rival styles that ranged from the passionate singing of Elis Regina to the rousing pop songs of Jorge Ben with television song contests developing into a battle-ground between supporters of different styles.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/79295869/Brasil.Brasil.2of3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/79295868/Brasil.Brasil.2of3.part3.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/79296111/Brasil.Brasil.2of3.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/79296048/Brasil.Brasil.2of3.part6.rar

A Tale of Four Cities (Part 3 of 3)

The final programme examines the widely varied musical scene across Brazil today, and the way that songs still have a political importance in highlighting the gulf between rich and poor, black and white.

It shows how musicians like Chico Science in the northern city of Recide reacted against the American-influenced rock scene of the Eighties, to create their own new fusion, in which rock and hip-hop were mixed with local traditional styles like maracatu.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/79295893/Brasil.Brasil.3of3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/79296074/Brasil.Brasil.3of3.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/79296055/Brasil.Brasil.3of3.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/79295875/Brasil.Brasil.3of3.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/79295866/Brasil.Brasil.3of3.part6.rar