The Big Chill 2010 lived up to its name: a pretty and mellow weekend at Herefordshire’s lakeside ’boutique festival’…

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In 2001, the British Producer Far Out Recordings reunited the Brazilian band ‘The Ipanemas’ for one more recording. That was the start of the international recognition for the drummer, singer and composer Wilson das Neves.
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Saravah Soul launch their second album this month (launching at Passing Clouds on July 24^th), bringing with it part of Brazil’s history, through rich melodies on top of a most percussive base.
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Far from Ipanema, the bossa emperors strike back

The ‘beco das garrafas’, in Rio de Janeiro, is the legendary alley which witnessed the birth of world-renowned Brasilian bossa nova. It was right here that, in 1964, Wilson das Neves and Neco recorded a epic album called Os Ipanemas. The sound you could hear on all 12 tracks of the LP formed an unusual interpretation of bossa nova standards, with African and Latin rhythms. Continue Reading