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‘Spilt Milk’ by Chico Buarque plays on memory, experience
ÓPERA DO MALANDRO Revival Mixes Political Satire, References to Umbanda, and Brazilian Popular Culture
Brazilian legend Buarque receives prestigious literary award...four years late
From Juan Gabriel to Chico Buarque: Latin American music in 600 albums
Why Chico Buarque Deserves a Nobel Prize
Improvisation Is Originality and Language Without Repetition: An Interview with Hamilton de Holanda
Topics to Make Brazil Squirm (Published 2012)
Chico Buarque’s books boost international circulation of his work
Brazil’s Dreamer
Chico Buarque’s work is subject of another book
Buarque's extensive body of work is the focus of more than a dozen books, some of which are being launched during his octogenarian celebration.
‘Spilt Milk’ by Chico Buarque plays on memory, experience
Eulálio d'Assumpção is on his deathbed. A century old, born into the Brazilian...
ÓPERA DO MALANDRO Revival Mixes Political Satire, References to Umbanda, and Brazilian Popular Culture
Nearly 50 years after its debut, Chico Buarque's landmark musical returns in a vibrant new staging. Directed by Jorge Farjalla, Ópera do...
Brazilian legend Buarque receives prestigious literary award...four years late
Brazilian writer and musician Chico Buarque received on Monday the most prestigious literary award for Portuguese-language,...
From Juan Gabriel to Chico Buarque: Latin American music in 600 albums
102 years in total.
Why Chico Buarque Deserves a Nobel Prize
Chico Buarque (1978). A pair of songs on the 1978 album Chico Buarque offer contrasting examples of his poetic-political jogo de cintura—a...
Improvisation Is Originality and Language Without Repetition: An Interview with Hamilton de Holanda
Not many musicians manage to bridge the Brazilian musical origins of bossa, samba and choro with modern jazz, pop and baroque classical...
Topics to Make Brazil Squirm (Published 2012)
In “Spilt Milk” he confronts the themes that make Brazil squirm, from the stain of slavery to the inferiority complex the country has historically felt.
Chico Buarque’s books boost international circulation of his work
For Rowland, the soundscape—music and voice in particular—is essential to Buarque's writing. In his latest novel, Bambino a Roma, which weaves together memories...
Brazil’s Dreamer
For the non-native lover of Brazilian music, few noises are as startling as the sound of the cuíca, part of the mixed percussion section that gives life to...
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Renowned musician and writer with a long history of political engagement; a vocal critic of Bolsonaro and supporter of anti-government cultural actions.