Loud Speakers: Bahian Heart Beats
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all Sonoridade listeners! To warm up the long and cold northern hemisphere winter, host and producer Béco Dranoff presents a steaming selection of music from Bahia, more specifically – music played during the Brazilian summer leading up to the frenzied Carnaval week in mid-February. With rhythms like Samba-Duro, Samba-Reggae, Afoxé, Bloco Afro, Axé, Trio Elétrico, Candomblé, Pop and Electronica, Bahia’s capital Salvador, is transformed into one huge dance floor becoming the beating heart of Brazil. Every summer thousands of national and international tourists flock south to it’s beaches, historical sites and unforgettable parties. If you can’t be there this February – this edition of Sonoridade will transport you. Grab your SPF 50 and come down to Bahia!
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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.
