Blink and you'll miss Choro Q conquering another console. Takara's superdeformed racing series (seen in the states as Penny Racers on the N64, among other monikers and systems) somehow manages to hit ...
Before bossa nova and samba, Brazilian music was choro. Born in 19th-century Rio de Janeiro, choro started when polkas and waltzes mixed with Afro-Brazilian rhythms. Beginning in the early part of ...
Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s ...
As has happened so often in the past, Berkeley is ahead of the cultural curve. Choro, an instrumental Brazilian tradition that was among the first New World musical styles to combine European ...
Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s ...
Before the samba became the national sound of Brazil, before bossa nova transformed samba into a global music, there was choro. Emerging in the late 19th century as a blending of European melody, ...
Choro is a style of Brazilian music that's a hybrid of European and African influences. It started in the 19th century as the Portuguese flooded into Rio. Grammy award-winning producer Aaron Levinson ...
While choro isn’t nearly as well known as its younger siblings samba, forro and bossa nova, no Brazilian musical style has proven as enduring and creatively resilient. In Brazil, a new generation is ...
Stuart Zobel is the guitarist in the Seattle-based band Choroloco. The band plays music from Brazil called “choro.” Stewart says the infectious rhythms and melodies of the music, and the spirit of ...