Albums released 50 years ago in Brazil, such as “Clube da Esquina” by Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges, remain beloved and played the world over
scene of “The Worst Person in the World”, Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated film of 2021, the English version of “Águas de Março” plays in the background. A Brazilian soft-jazz track from 1972 may seem an odd choice for a story about a young Norwegian woman’s turbulent romantic and professional life, yet Mr Trier felt the song illustrated “the fragments that make a life, seen from afar”.
“That time has given us something we haven’t seen before or after in MPB [Brazilian popular music]”, says Rodrigo Faour, a journalist who has written many books on the subject. Producers were willing to take risks on experimental records, partly because a law passed in 1967 made spending on local recording artists tax deductible. This nurtured a host of genres:, a type of romantic music often considered cheesy. Brazilians responded with enthusiasm to it all.
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