Essays and Excerpts:
Brazilian Music Archive
Essays, Album Notes, Reviews, and Book Excerpts by Chris McGowan
(archived  at  the  Huffington Post,  Brazilian Sound blog, or at this site)

The "Garota de Ipanema" Turned 50 in 2012;
And "The Girl from Ipanema" Celebrates Her 50th in 2013:
A Look Back at the Second Most Played Song in the World

Blame It On The Bossa Nova: Jazz Samba's 50th Birthday

The Muse of Tecnobrega Boosts Brazil's Latest Musical Export

Interview with Jovino Santos Neto
(and His Ten Favorite Hermeto Pascoal Recorded Pieces)

João do Vale: the Poet of Maranhão

Brazil's Coffee Valley Music Festival Draws Crowds to Historic Region

Our Book Inspires a New Milton Nascimento Album

Brazil's Hidden Magical Music Festival

Brazilian Rock's Guiding Light, Ezequiel Neves, Passes Away

The Late Blooming Helena Meirelles

Journalist-Director José Emilio Rondeau
on Brazilian Rock 'n' Roll: Past and Present

Bahia's Blocos Afro & Afoxés:
Changes in Salvador's Carnaval

Author Chat: Brazilian Sound co-author Chris (J.C.)
McGowan talks about "The Brazilian Sound" book

Brazilian Popular Music Bestsellers

Interview with Belem's Cravo Carbono (in Portuguese)

More: The Brazilian Sound at Blogspot

Album Liner Notes
 Sérgio Mendes: Brasileiro

The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the
Popular Music of Brazil (Temple University Press)
by Chris McGowan & Ricardo Pessanha

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