Blog – Handred – Page 4

We invited Zé Ibarra, a young singer from Rio de Janeiro, also admired by us, to create a playlist celebrating the life and work of Caetano Veloso and share some words about this difficult task. READ MORE

Samba and parangolés. READ MORE

Check out our Bethânia-themed playlist in celebration of her life and art and the documentary short “Bethânia Bem de Perto - A Propósito de um Show”(Bethânia Up Close – Apropos of a Show) (1965), directed by Julio Bressane. READ MORE

Synonymous with our culture, the movement took off at the end of the 1950s through the influence of North American jazz and, especially, Rio de Janeiro samba, led by a new generation of young Brazilian musicians – mainly from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. READ MORE