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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America. It is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese is an official language.

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There is currently no evidence of Peel playing any tracks from Brazil during the 60's and 70's on his radio programmes, although there is a possibility he may have played some Brazilian folk music from the BBC Archives on his Night Ride shows.

In the early 80's, he played some tracks from Astrud Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, whose music was a combination of bossa nova and cool jazz which came back into fashion with younger listeners in the 1980s, as part of a revival of interest in the music and clothes styles of the 1960s Mod era. This explains why Peel played some of her music in 1984, according to available tracklistings on this site, and why  Andy Kershaw, Muriel Gray and John Walters also played tracks by her between 1985 and 1988, when all of them were sitting in for Peel.

Peel also discovered a Brazilian rock band called Fellini, who he played tracks from on his shows in the late 80's. The band's third album 3 Lugares Diferentes has a track called Pai, which features a sample of Peel introducing the band. Cadão Volpato in an interview with the Veja magazine [1] explained that a friend of Thomas Pappom, named Axel, who was a German living in the UK, had a copy of Peel's show introducing the group's song, Outro Endereço, Outra Vida, which he then sent to Thomas who then used it for the Pai track.

In 1989, Peel played various Brazilian traditional music on his shows from various Brazilian compilation albums including Brazil: Forró: Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers and Brazil Classics 2: O Samba, compiled by David Byrne of Talking Heads.

During the 90's, Peel didn't play much Brazilian music, but did play some samba music from Ara Ketu and Olodum on his shows in late 1990, as well as latin house music from Arakatuba in 1996.

In 2003, Peel discovered influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band, Os Mutantes, after reading an article on the Tropicália movement in the Guardian newspaper and wanted to hear what the music sounded like.[2] A track from the band's compilation album was played on Peel's show on 09 September 2003 and in the same programme, he also advertised the BBC Radio Three documentary on the Tropicália movement that was to be broadcast on 14th September 2003[3].

As a huge football fan, Peel was well aware of Brazil's revered status in the beautiful game, becoming five-time World Cup winners in 2002. The nation's most famous player, Pelé, even picked up plays on the Peel wingding with tracks from the "Bend It! 92" compilation.

Compilations[]

Various_–_Brazil-_Forró-_Music_For_Maids_And_Taxi_Drivers_Latin_Folk_Music_Album_Compilation_LP

Various – Brazil- Forró- Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers Latin Folk Music Album Compilation LP

(Tracks played by Peel from various artist (v/a) compilations featuring music from Brazil. Please add more information if known.)

(LP - Brazil: Forró: Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers) Globe Style

(LP - Brazil Classics 2: O Samba) Sire

(2xLP, CD – Batucada: The Sound Of The Favelas) Mr Bongo

See Also[]

  • Drugstore (led by Brazilian singer-songwriter and bassist Isabel Monteiro)

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