Brazil’s music scene is a great place to dig into if you want to find some of the best rhythm, percussion, vocals, and a smooth mixture of bossa nova, jazz, and psychedelic rock. The Música Popular Brasileira scene which developed in the mid 1960s is where traditional Brazilian music took a new form, taking influence from popular genres from around the world. A oarticular recommendation from that era is the Tropicalia movement with artists like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, who were great at taking inspiration from elements of rock and psychedelia.

Later in the 1980s, you can find a new style of great Brazilian music in Brazilian rock, with bands like Legiao Urbana and Os Paralamas do Sucesso. They created an unmatched type of rock with influences from reggae and traditional Brazilian rhythms. Brazil is among the countries where music is embedded the deepest in its culture, creating a landscape full of musical gems, which the newsletter will frequently refer to.