zeep are set to entertain the crowds
Guanabara, London’s hugely popular Brazilian club will be kicking off the celebrations on July 2, with a dedicated night of Bossa Nova music. Nina Miranda and Chris Franck will be headlining amongst a whole host of renowned artists such as Rio Jazz, Neil C. Young and Sirius B in order to bring you a truly wonderful night of culture, music and fun.
Presented by the Brazilian Tourist Board, the free Bossa Nova festival is a celebration of music that has influenced generations from around the world and has had a significant impact on music from the last 50 years. Contemporary European and Brazilian artists will be performing and traditional Bossa Nova songs will get a contemporary twist in the hope of captivating and re-introducing Bossa Nova to a younger generation.
The full line up will see Neil C Young (1.15 to 2pm) Rio Jazz (2 to 3pm) Braz DJ (3 to 4pm) Zeep (4 to 5pm) Eddie Piller (5 to 6pm) and Nouvelle Vague (6 to 7pm) all takw to the stage to entertain the crowds throughtout the day.
Delicious Brazilian food will also be available, serving traditional dishes such as churrasco and coxinhas and infamous Brazilian beers and Brazil’s most famous spirit Cachacawill undoubtedly get taste buds tingling.
The festival will offer adults and children alike the chance to immerse themselves with Brazils rich heritage. Brazil is as large as the USA, with an equally diverse melting pot of African, indigenous and European cultures, so it’s no wonder that the country has also fostered a host of homegrown musical traditions, from samba to forró to frevo.
Brazil is as large as the USA, with an equally diverse melting pot of African, indigenous and European cultures, so it’s no wonder that the country has also fostered a host of homegrown musical traditions, from samba to forró to frevo.
It was the genius Joao Gilberto who came up the distinctive and unique sound of Bossa Nova, which translated means ‘new thing’ and he caught the attention of musicians and artists emulating his fusion of soft samba and jazz.
In the 1960s Bossa Nova not only captured the Brazilian hearts but also caught the attention on the US and Europe, as famous recording artists such as Dusty Springfield’s ‘The Look of Love’, Elvis’s ‘Bossa Nova Baby’ and Eydie Gorme’s ‘Blame it on the Bossa Nova’ topped the charts before it was re-awoken in the 1990s when it reached new audiences as films and TV adverts kept the sound alive – Zeep’s (formerly known as Smoke City’) ‘Underwater Love’ and the Austin Powers theme tune ‘Soul Bossa Nova’ took the world by storm.
Critics would be wrong to assume that the Bossa Nova is a dying trend and this couldn't be more apparant than in Londons festival later this year as artists such as Gilles Peterson and Nouvelle Vague are just a few who are rediscovering and pushing the boundaries of Bossa Nova, sampling and remixing a classic genre for a new modern sound.
FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison