The second program of the series covers the military regime in Brazil, 1964-85, and discusses the role that musicians played in leading the fight back - and how they suffered as a consequence. The season began with the protest movement led by leftist singers like Nara Leão, who was joined by rival styles that ranged from the passionate singing of Elis Regina to the exciting pop songs by Jorge Ben - with contests on television on a plot of competition between supporters of different styles. All that changed in the late sixties, with the emergence of the experimental tropicalia movement, determined to shake Brazil, as well as military hardliners who took control of the government. The program chronicles the careers of the stars of Tropicália, Dos Mutantes to Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, who were both arrested and exiled to Britain (and includes footage never showing their performance both on the Isle of Wight festival). He describes the military campaign against censorship of important musicians like Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, and even Jorge Ben. And it shows how black musicians in Bahia state responded with the development of new, and often militant black styles like samba-reggae
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:28:49 +0000
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