Skip to main content

João Gilberto - Aguarela do Brasil


“Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.” - Miles Davis

🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾



"Aquarela do Brasil" written by Ary Barroso in 1939 and known in the English-speaking world simply as "Water Colour of Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs. It is about the said country many qualities, praising their natural resources and riches of their land, celebrating their beauties, their traditions and their people. Brasil on another note, is a 1981 album by Brazilian artist João Gilberto, featuring Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia who sang this subtle and wonderful piece in accordance and in unison.

 

Also, "Historia de un Amor" (Spanish for "A Love Story") is a song about a man's old love written by Panamanian songwriter Carlos Eleta Almarán. It holds the world record to be the most popular song to be translated and sung across the world in various languages by various singers from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. For example, French Latino group mixes the Latin and Eastern cultural universes by creating the first mix of Mediterranean Latin music. Between the Algerian roots of Jean Paul, his life in Spain, and the Parisian life of his daughter Michelle. A journey of life became a path of artistic inspiration.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Masala Dosa

MTR Vegetarian Restaurant nestles in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur serves marvelous authentic Bangalore India food such as Masala Dosa or commonly known here as Masala Tosei. It goes with lentil bean as the inner gravy and olive oil poured on the dosa. My favourite drink is its special filter Arabica coffee bean with fresh goat milk. A clean and fast serving food restaurant, MTR has been here since 1924. Must try cause I enjoyed every minute of it! Friday 18/2/2022.

Seven Sisters

Old 1. Anglo Iranian Oil Company (now BP) 2. Gulf Oil (now Chevron) 3. Royal Dutch Shell 4. Standard Oil Company of California (now Chevron) 5. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (now Exxon Mobil) 6. Standard Oil Company of New York (now Exxon Mobil) 7. Texaco (now Chevron) New 1. Saudi Aramco 2. Russia Gazprom 3. China CNPC 4. Iran NIOC 5. Venezuela PDVSA 6. Brazil Petrobas 7. Malaysia Petronas The oil price has incessantly dropped as demand for it has all but dried up as the lock downs across the world have kept the people inside. There is an abundance of oil in circulation but travelling is limited, how irony. It will take a recovery in demand to really turn the market round and that will depend on how the health crisis unfolds. Further, pessimism about the prospects of oil companies and oil prices continues to rise. ⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸⇸

Abstinence

"O you believers, fasting is prescribed to you as it was presribed to those before you, that you may learn self-restraint". The Quran 02:183.  In a matter of two days, marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, which occurs on the ninth month of the lunar-based Islamic calendar, all Muslims are required to abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk for 30 days. As Ramadan shifts approximately 11 days earlier each year on the solar-based Gregorian calendar, Muslims experience Ramadan in different seasons throughout the course of the lives. The act of fasting is meant to remind Muslims of the less fortunate and to reinforce the need to be thankful. As one of the five pillars, or duties, of Islam, fasting during this month is mandatory for all healthy adult Muslims. Children who have not reached puberty, the elderly, those who are physically or mentally incapable of fasting, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and travellers are exempted.  May this year Ramadan br