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Marisa Monte - Universe around me
Marisa Monte - The Gift Tram (Lyrics)
Marisa Monte: Interview (2014) - Part 1
Marisa Monte: Entrevista (2014) - Parte 2
Marisa Monte on infobae
1 Universo Ao Meu Redor  
2 O Bonde Do Dom  
3 Meu Canario  
4 Tres Letrinhas  
5 Quatro Paredes  
6 Perdoa Meu Amor  
7 Cantinho Escondido  
8 Statue Of Liberty  
9 A Alma E A Materia  
10 Lagrimas E Tormento  
11 Satisfeito  
12 Para Mais Ninguem  
13 Vai Saber  
14 Petalas Esquecidas  
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Brazilian superstar Marisa Monte gives us: Universo ao meu redor (The Universe Around Me), is a collection of Samba songs both old and new. Co-produced by Monte and Mario Caldato, this is her first-ever recording to focus entirely on the great Brazilian tradition of Samba. Having grown up immersed in Samba (her father Carlos was one of the directors of the famous Portela Samba school in Rio de Janeiro), Monte was aware that there were many songs that were passed along orally that weren't being recorded and were in danger of being lost. So she began researching these songs and their histories by interviewing Samba composers, as well as their family members & colleagues.

Universo ao meu redor places several of her discoveries that date back as far as the 1940s, including songs by Jayme Silva, D. Yvonne Lara, Casemiro Vieira, Moraes e Galvao, and Argemiro Patrocinio, alongside new Samba songs written by Monte with Brown and Antunes and other contemporary composers such as Paulinho da Viola. Ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne also makes a guest appearance on the song "Statue of Liberty," which he co-wrote with Monte.

During the same time that Monte was doing her Samba research, she also began to sort through her large collection of cassette tapes on which she had documented her songwriting process from the beginning of her career. As she went through the hundreds of tapes, digitizing them for preservation, she came across the early sketches of songs that had since been recorded and made popular, but also many songs that she had abandoned

  • Luxembourg goes Brazilian as Marisa Monte mesmerizes in a passionate concert / RTL TODAY
    Posted At: October 31, 2024
    RTL TODAY's Carol Silva writes….Marisa Monte took a stop in Rockhal during her MM2024 world tour – to the great excitement of Luxembourg's large Brazilian and Portuguese-speaking community.She is recognized as one of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time and brings her style of blending samba, pop, jazz and soul. I got to attend her concert with some members of my Brazilian community, and we sang the n...

  • Marisa Monte - Infinito Particular makes SPIN '10 Essential Brazilian Albums'
    Posted At: September 10, 2024
    From SPIN ….Some classic LPs to kick-start your journey into música popular brasileiraErnesto Lechner writes…..In the late 1960s, a young generation of Brazilian musicians began making albums that were more expansive and progressive than anything before. They were inspired by the protean roots of samba, the silky vibe of the bossa nova, and the jangly wave of Brazilian pop-rock known as jovem guarda. But th...

  • Marisa Monte - Portas makes popmatters: 10 Best Brazilian Pop Albums of 2021
    Posted At: December 9, 2021

    These 10 Best Brazilian Pop Albums of 2021 showcase women, LGBTQ+, Northern, and independent artists. It's like 1920s Modernism, but with more diverse faces.   popmatters: Ana Clara Ribeiro /writes.....Brazilian music, just like the Brazilian people, is a wide spectrum. It's full of different sounds, accents, and intersections. It's inevitably influenced, and sometimes deliberately fuse...

  • Marisa Monte makes Plus55 Playlist
    Posted At: July 8, 2016

    Marisa Monte took Brazil by storm at the end of the 1980s. She represents a union between rock and the Brazilian MPB movement. Since the late 1980s, Marisa Monte has figured into the list of Brazil's best musicians. With dozens of hits, she managed to acquire some international success as well – particularly during her stint with Tribalistas, a band that released just a single album back in 2002, b...

  • Brazilian superstar Marisa Monte releases 'Universo ao Meu Redor,' a collection of Samba songs both old and new
    Posted At: September 7, 2006

    Brazilian superstar Marisa Monte gives us: Universo ao meu redor (The Universe Around Me), is a collection of Samba songs both old and new. Co-produced by Monte and Mario Caldato, this is her first-ever recording to focus entirely on the great Brazilian tradition of Samba. Having grown up immersed in Samba (her father Carlos was one of the directors of the famous Portela Samba school in Rio de Janei...

  • Marisa Monte: 'Infinito Particular' features: David Byrne, Philip Glass, Seu Jorge, Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes
    Posted At: September 6, 2006

    Infinito Particular (Infinite Private), is a contemporary Pop record on which Marisa Monte returned to unrecorded songs from over the course of her 15 years of songwriting. The album presents a unique identity, and shows the remarkable breadth of Monte's musicianship, as singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and musicologist. Released in Brazil this Spring and already selling platinu...
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