Episode 70: Rain in Rio 2

Today I continue to be in a dark mood based on current events in our country. So this will be another moody playlist… today I have selected moody tracks from Brazil. Before I talk about the politics, I will tell you a bit about the music. Today’s set is as much of a grab-bag as you will ever hear on Tropicology, combining vintage and current tracks, embracing styles as divergent as bossa nov, carimbo, and Afro-Brazilian religious music. The thread holding it all together is the mood, and as I said I am in a dark one. But the music is not a total dark side mix today… it is not time to hit the panic button. If anything I have a more positive outlook than I did last week. So today’s playlist reflects a range of emotions, sometimes conflicted and juxtaposed; you will hear absurd realism, grim resistance, and resigned sense of purpose, and at the end of the set some glimmers of hope. Like last week, this is a soundtrack for a nation in limbo.