Fragments of a blog
Fragments of a blog
Roland Dyens (1955-2016) was a “great and incomparable French guitarist, composer, and arranger,” one of the most important guitarists around the world, due to his interpretations, his compositions, and especially his vision of the instrument and of music overall. He…
The Guardian reports from Rio de Janeiro and Maranhão: From raperos to roqueiros, a growing chorus of musicians are denouncing the extremist politician [Bolsonaro] and his assault on their trade. Roqueiros broadly means rock musicians. Raperos refers to rappers, obviously,…
Sam Cowie reports from São Paolo for The Guardian: Siddhartha Chaibub’s suspicions that the Earth wasn’t really round were first aroused when he stumbled across a YouTube video while living in Brazil’s capital, Brasília… “The model that is imposed on…