Avolta Jr. Rare Brazilian Grooves!

Firstly, sorry to all those using iTunes to get this podcast - typically Apple have their own RSS version and Avolta Jr was not updating - this should now be fixed! Jose Ignacio Jr - Enjoy! When bossa nova exploded onto the brasilian music scene in 1958 ...

Azymuth (or Azimuth as they are sometimes called) must be the most recorded backing band in history. Forget Steve Cropper and those memphis guys - Bertrami and co have played on hundreds and hundreds of singles and albums and this show just scratches the ...

Azymuth (or Azimuth as they are sometimes called) must be the most recorded backing band in history. Forget Steve Cropper and those memphis guys - Bertrami and co have played on hundreds and hundreds of singles and albums and this show just scratches the ...

When bossa nova exploded onto the brasilian music scene in 1958 many artist were caught unaware. the laid back style of Joao Gilberto was ok for after hours listening they argued but what about in the boites, the nightclubs? Afro cuban music and ...

More classic samba soul from the 70s! Pre-bossa star Elizete Cardoso hit the spot with the killer cut about drinking cachaca come what may, Jorge Ben style Bebeto's anthemic A Beleza e Voce Menina, and rare samba rock duo Tony & Frankye kick off. The ...

This show has a link of sorts - showcasing some of the key guitarists to have influenced brazilian popular music in the last 40 years or so! Baden Powell a child prodigy named after the british founder of scouts was one of our most extraordinary guitar ...

Jorge Ben - what can you say? The man mixed roots samba with bossa jazz and American R&B and the first song he wrote (Mas Que Nada) became one of the world's most covered songs. Some may say that he is formulaiac - but hey, if you like the formula that's ...

Classic sambalanco on this show - dedicated to Orlann Divo (aka Orlandivo, aka D'Orlann) master percussionist and songwriter, a rare combination I'm sure you'll agree! Whilst the Zona Sul kids in RIo were following the uber laid back Joao GIlberto, ...

A big obrigadao to everyone listening to Avolta podcasts - growing at such at a rate that we just added a new load of bandwidth to cope with the number of subscribers. A big abracao as well to all those who emailed about the shows - keep the messages ...

Finally Avolta Jr office is back online and this show is a special on Joao Donato who Avolta Jr spent a week with in London, England, the first that JD had been there since 1965 with Astrud Gilberto! Donato's career and influence have been so long and ...

Before the ubiquitous status of the acoustic guitar in bossa nova, there was only one instrument that everyone wanted to play - the sanfona! Related to the european accordion and the argentinean bandoneon the sanfona was the featured instrument in musica ...

(This is going to be the last show for a couple of weeks as Avolta Jr is moving office and that means getting the wonderful Terra to move the broadband and you know these things take time, but don't worry the shows will be back as soon I can get ...

This show is dedicated to the roots of modern brazilian music in all it's forms - pure samba. Tracks from the 50s to the late 70s, all of which show the inventiveness and style of one of the world's most enduring musical forms. From the slack lyrics of ...

Ah, as telenovelas! Where would we brazilians be without the daily fix of love, murder, intrigue and corruption? The first novelas were on the now defunct TV Tupi and the newly born TV Globo was quick to realise the pulling power of these soaps. Usually ...

This show is a dig back into some of the more 'obvious' classics of brazilian music - some of them we may have re-discovered so long ago that they become tracks we know and love but never get around to playing out anymore. Sometimes it's just great to go ...

Been a couple of weeks since the last show, so rather than write lots of intros here so I'm gonna do a few catch up shows to post over the next few days. This show is volume 2 of the samba soul theme, starting out with Lady Zu and Toto (not the stadium ...

A return to jazz and the 60s on this show. Whilst the cool languid sounds of bossa nova were conquering America and the world, Amercian jazz was getting its own back in Brasil. Amongst the young musicians jazz had always been important, from the ...

Welcome to the instalment of the wonderful world of brazilian krazy cover versions! Most of these beauties are culled from albums recorded to cash in on the internationals hits of the day in order to provide the beautiful young things of Brasil with the ...

No special theme this week, amigos! Just some choice grooves to while away some time wherever you might be listening to this podcast. Also apologies for the mistake in the last broadcast, now rectified so you should get 2 new podcasts with this ...