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Putumayo Celebrates Carnival in Rio with Brazilian Beat

By Dan Storper, February 11, 2012  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Dan Storper

Read on for a chance to win a 6-CD set from Putumayo’s Brazilian series. Dan Storper is the CEO and Founder of Putumayo World Music.

Warm up your winter and celebrate Carnival in Rio (or vicariously at home!) with Brazilian Beat, Putumayo’s latest release that uncovers the roots-influenced contemporary Brazilian music scene.

Glittering break beats are at home with bouncing berimbaus while rolling Afro-Brazilian rhythms, retro samba soul and velvety bossa nova vocals mesh and groove organically.

Selected from tens of thousands of songs collected by Putumayo to introduce new global music to broad audiences, Brazilian Beat chronicles the vibrant indie scene in Brazil and around the world. Musicians are taking samba, bossa nova, and MPB (Brazilian popular music) and deftly incorporating electronica, soul, funk and just about every other music imaginable.

Sultry or upbeat, the tracks on this compilation of hip, rootsy artists aim to raise listeners’ moods and introduce even die-hard fans to a new crop of Brazilian music innovators. Featured alongside unsung icons such as samba soul master Marcos Valle are rising new stars like Tita Lima, daughter of the bassist from psychedelic hipster darlings Os Mutantes.

Brazilian music has bubbled into an indie scene-to-beat-all-indie scenes in underground clubs and on small labels from São Paulo to Rome. You can go to Italy and find a hot bossa nova scene, and they have their own sound, like Roman bossa band BungaLove’s “Minha Loucura.” A diverse array of young musicians, such as Fino Colectivo, draw on Jorge Ben’s lush ’70s samba-soul sound—and transform it.

It’s a realm of discovery, even for ardent followers of global music. Brazilian Beat is available at most Whole Foods Market stores. Do you warm up your winter with music? Let us know how in the comments below for a chance to win a 6-CD set from Putumayo’s Brazilian series.

Comment by February 22nd for a chance to win. We’ll choose one comment at random to receive the CDs.

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Hadiyah says ...
Pick me,pick me!!!!!
02/15/2012 8:47:38 PM CST
Linda says ...
ALL Putumayo's CDs warm my world! Many songs are from the tropical parts of our little earth--love the beat and variety of the music in this world. Gets you out of your everyday existance. Latino/Brazilian music warms wintery Boston.
02/15/2012 8:47:56 PM CST
Lorraine Brophy says ...
Love the music! I would love to win this super collection
02/15/2012 8:48:04 PM CST
david dyson says ...
The Girl from Ipanema--"tall and tan and young and lovely"
02/15/2012 8:48:09 PM CST
erika says ...
Something sultry on the cd player -- hitting just the right note between soothing and exciting -- is an essential ingredient in the fireplace + warm blanket + warm beverage + cold outside = happy girl equation.
02/15/2012 8:48:54 PM CST
Chris Chambers says ...
Music to get a body MOVING
02/15/2012 8:49:07 PM CST
Karen says ...
Yes I listen to all kinds of music all year long; but it's nice to hear music on those cold winter days while sipping some Organic Earl Grey Tea.
02/15/2012 8:51:15 PM CST
irene knokh says ...
no kidding-6 putumayo cds? I want them !!! perfect for the office groove. :) irene
02/15/2012 8:51:54 PM CST
Audrey says ...
Something about Brazilian music that just goes straight to your core, and it is soooo good...
02/15/2012 8:52:11 PM CST
Subbarayudu says ...
This winter can hardly be called winter....warm, wet and sunny with the exception of a few days. Anything that provides warmth and juices up the spirits and mood during a cold, cloudy winter day does wonders....I am up for it.
02/15/2012 8:52:16 PM CST
Ileen says ...
I love Brazilian Music! when I hear/feel the music I just want to "move".......
02/15/2012 8:53:08 PM CST
susana says ...
I love Brazilian music because it takes me to places I have never been and transform my life.
02/15/2012 8:53:33 PM CST
Catt says ...
I love the vibrance of the music... It's HOT HOT HOT! :)
02/15/2012 8:53:58 PM CST
Linda says ...
I was the owner/partner of a coffee shop and coffee roaster. in my coffee shop, all I played was Putomayo CD's. I had the "music from the coffee lands", "Brazilian beats", "French music", etc... anyhow, I just want to say that they are amazing. Every customer asked me about the music I was playing and how could they get it. One of the best was the "Arabic Groove"! Good job Putomayo, you made my customers enjoy their coffee a lot better!
02/15/2012 8:54:58 PM CST
ErikaM says ...
Splendid! -- I still recall the Tropicalia show at the MCA!
02/15/2012 8:55:23 PM CST
Amy Shelden says ...
My daughter would LOVE dancing to this!
02/15/2012 8:56:24 PM CST
ann stock says ...
Recently I listened to some promo samples of the BRAZILIAN BEAT and it will have listeners dancing around to the zippy tunes. The music will definitely warm one up, especially during the cold winter months. I'd love to enjoy the entire set since I've recently discovered the sound of wonderful Brazilian music.
02/15/2012 8:56:26 PM CST
Kai says ...
Ever since I discovered Nuevo Latino from Putamayo Presents I have absolutely loved them. Something about music that supersedes everything that might be working against the soul. Putamayo has such talent at filtering the best from all that is out there. What a wonderful world, indeed!
02/15/2012 8:57:19 PM CST
maril crabtree says ...
Brazil does music right - and so does Putumayo.
02/15/2012 8:58:35 PM CST
Denise says ...
I love Latin Music. We do a Brazilian dance number in our Zumba class. The music is so joyous and up beat that it puts me in a great mood regardless of the weather outdoors. The Salsa numbers are muy caliente tambien! As a native Michigander, I dream to one day par take in Carnivale!
02/15/2012 8:59:08 PM CST
Denise Rodriguez says ...
We have the Putumayo Mexico CD and it is so much fun to listen to. I look forward to adding more to my family's collection.
02/15/2012 8:59:50 PM CST
Marilyn Jenett says ...
I was just thinking this week about buying some Latin music to exercise to. Perhaps the Universe will give me this gift.
02/15/2012 9:01:09 PM CST
Debbie R says ...
Perfect choice of music to get us through these last couple months of winter in Michigan! I too recently discovered and am in love with Zumba dance.. The Brazilian beat is what makes it so fun and motivating!
02/15/2012 9:01:11 PM CST
shana says ...
when I lived in los angeles there was a salsa class taught by a husband and wife team in their living room a couple of blocks from my house. their sons would play percussion instruments and grandma would bang a pot with a wooden spoon to the beat of the music.
02/15/2012 9:03:45 PM CST
DJ says ...
Music is great anytime of the year -- but, it's when the weather outside is frightful, that the fiery hot music from the tropics is so delightful! It warms my soul and transports me, mentally, to where I'm sitting on a sandy beach and taking in the sunny breezes on a tropical shore. And, though I've never been to Brazil, the music lets me pretend that I have. Ah, sweet sounds of Putumayo -- take me away!!! <3
02/15/2012 9:04:09 PM CST

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