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Here is a great place to listen to bossa
nova 24 hours a day while at work on your computer
http://www.live365.com/stations/bossa2nova
If you love listening to Luiz Bonfá, check out
the CDs of this wonderful guitarist from Finland, Jarkko Toivonen. Close your eyes and you'll swear it is Luiz playing his
guitar.
http://www.jarkkotoivonen.com
If you love Bola Sete like I do...here
is his very cool homepage! You may also find his CDs here.
http://www.bolasete.com
Brazilian guitar and saxophone
played a la Stan Getz! These guys are fantastic! World class!
http://www.twoforbrazil.com
This site contains lyrics to thousands of songs,
both bossa nova and popular.
http://www.cifrantiga.hpg.ig.com.br
A nice place to find extensive coverage
of bios and discographies of select musicians. Bj is very devoted and thorough in her descriptions.
http://bjbear71.com
An excellent treatise on the history
of bossa nova. A must read for everyone!
http://www.brazzil.com/cvrdec98.htm
A neat site in English and Portuguese focusing
on music, bios and musical news updates.
http://www.allbrazilianmusic.com
A well respected San Francisco DJ comments on
bossa nova as well as MPB record albums.
http://www.slipcue.com
A nice insiders' guide to what goes on in Rio
de Janeiro. Great for tours, eats and nightlife.
http://ipanema.com
A fantastic webpage containing detailed facts
of thousands of musicians, composers and singers.
http://www.dicionariompb.com.br
A very dependable and highly reliable dealership
of mostly bossa nova LPs and CDs.
http://www.vinyl2000records.com
A cool site for newcomers to Brazil, filled
with good articles, covering travel and lots of very handy information.
http://www.gringoes.com
A great webpage! Everything you've always wanted
to know about Antônio Carlos Jobim.
http://www.jobim.co.br
A nice webpage focusing on guitar transcriptions
for bossa nova. Chords are in the style of Joao Gilberto.
http://www.etc.ch/~jason/tabs.html
A wonderful site dedicated to helping others
learn Portuguese, as well as tips on getting around in Brazil.
http://www.sonia-portuguese.com
A musical weblog from a neat guy in The Netherlands.
http://goiaba.blogs.com/goiaba
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