Artist Lounge: Jorge Ben
enlarge
Moggers' favorites by Jorge Ben
Subscribe to feed
-
Posted by:
... if you haven't done so already, go over to duslag's mog and welcome him and his Brazilian gems...
-
Posted by:
When Chris Blackwell(owner of Island Records) discovered Bob Marley, the knew that he found a goldmine. After years going back and fourth from Jamaica to London, bringing 7 inches, and later releasing them in Europe, Blackweel knew that he had to find somebody to turn reggae into a worldwide thing and his dreams came true when he added a magic touch to the Wailers and turned their raw sound into something suitable to America and Europe. When Marley was reality, Blackwell... MORE
-
Posted by:
www.ImageShack.us" />
One of his Jerry Lee Lewis inspired pieces. To read moreCLICK HERE
up on this check out
Today is Jorge Ben day...Here's the most funky album he did!!!
Jorge Ben's best album plus his best cover ever!!
-
Posted by:
A lot of People knows Jorge Ben, but they didn't know this song even in Brazil.It's been also used for Black Eyed Peas Debutsingle Fallin' Up!!!
-
Posted by:
I saw him on copacabana beach new years 2002/3...it was so cool to see him live and in front of what must have been millions of brazillians. To them, of course, he's a national (but especially to Rio) icon perhaps what a Paul Simon is to NY...had so much fun at that show: moro, no pais tropical!!!
but I didn't hear umabarauma, xica da silva, or any stuff from africa brasil. at least I don't think I did...
;-)
-
Posted by:
World Cup fever has gotten me all revved up about '60s Brazilian music again. It helped that Brazil finally put on a spectacle today against Japan (why do I even know that? I am not usually a sports fan). Even these Nike 'Joga Bonita' ads stoked the fires. The soundtrack to 10-year-old Ronaldinho sounds a lot like Pipoca Moderna by Gilberto Gil (not the same song... and probably actually a whole genre that I don't know the name of). I've had Umbabarauma by Jorge Ben on rep... MORE
