A Trip to WOMEX
For the seventh edition of Sonoridade, host and producer Béco Dranoff selected some amazing new music from the Brazilian records he received while attending the WOMEX convention, the most important international ‘World Music’ conference. This annual 5-day music extravaganza took place in Copenhagen in early October 2010 and Béco returned home with close to 80 new records of music from Brazil and all over the world. This show features some the Brazilian highlights such as Sandália de Prata, DJ Tudo, Naurêa, Baiana System, Sacassaia, Mateus Aleluia and many more.
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New York-based Brazilian music producer and A&R Béco Dranoff hosts this monthly, hour-long radio program dedicated to modern and classic Brazilian music. Each episode focuses on a theme or genre to bring listeners a fast-moving and inclusive panorama of the best in the rich plethora of Brazilian musical styles. Concentrating on the music and light on the talk--save the odd special interview or another--Sonoridade will entertain and educate novices and aficionados alike, broadening the appreciation of Brazilian music around the world. A Brazilian Treasure Béco Dranoff and The Archive of Contemporary Music have compiled links to thousands of Brazilian music videos, industry contacts, recordings, events, essays and databases on a new site: Brazilian Music Day.
