Brazilian Heart

2012-02-01T21:12:00.000-08:00

Brazilian Heart

Since 1998

February 2012

Yep, it’s February! And February 2nd is Iemanjá Day, an important date of the Brazilian calendar. ODO YÁ!

“The Candomblé (Afro Brazilian religion) worships Iemanjá as one of the seven orixás of the African Pantheon. She is the Queen of the Ocean, the patron deity of the fishermen and the survivors of shipwrecks, the feminine principle of creation and the spirit of moonlight. A syncretism happens between the catholic Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes (Our Lady of Navigators) and the orixá Iemanjá of the African Mithology. In Salvador, Bahia, Iemanjá is celebrated by Candomblé on the very same day consecrated by the Catholic Church to Our Lady of Navigators (Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes). Every February 2, thousands of people line up at dawn to leave their offerings at her shrine, the sea."

“Se você quiser amar

Se você quiser amor

Vem comigo a Salvador

Para ouvir Iemanjá”

If you want to love

If you want love

Come to Salvador with me to hear Iemanjá

(Quote from Canto de Iemanjá by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes)

Here’s one of the most beautiful recordings of “Canto de Iemanjá” from the CD “Afro Sambas” released in 1966 in Brasil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XF1tGrwPZU

Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes - Our Lady of the Navigators

SHOWS

I’ll be singing with Viver Brasil Dance Company on:

February 13 @ Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT

www.jsc.edu/dibdencenterfortheartswww.jsc.edu/dibdencenterforthearts

February 14 @ Fine Arts Center,

Castleton, VT

www.csc.vsc.edu/soundings/2_sound.htmwww.csc.vsc.edu/soundings/2_sound.htm

February 18 @ Frank Arts Center Theater, Shepherdstown, WV

http://www.shepherd.edu/passweb/pass.pdfhttp://www.shepherd.edu/passweb/pass.pdf

CARNAVAL IN RECIFE

“Galo da Madrugada or Rooster of the Dawn is the symbol of the Brazilian Northeastern’s Carnaval. This carnival tradition begins with bugle calls at dawn on Carnival Saturday, heralding the start of the Pernambucano carnival. The show features some of the best rhythmically and acrobatically influenced dancers from Brazil.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRAhYrMu60http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRAhYrMu60

MOVIE

“Music According to Tom Jobim”

This sweet movie about composer Tom Jobim and directed by Nelsom Pereira dos Santos and Dora Jobim just opened in Brasil!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4pB49p5E4 trailer

http://www.cphdox.dk/d/film.lasso?ser=1607&s=2011104&e=1http://www.cphdox.dk/d/film.lasso?ser=1607&s=2011104&e=1

“Enchanted Word”

“A documentary that weaves together performances and interviews with singers, songwriters and poets to reflect the interplay between these art forms. Winner of the Best Documentary award at the 2008 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMJK0h5WsfQ&feature=sharehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMJK0h5WsfQ&feature=share

(Full movie in Portuguese)

AROUND Los Angeles

Sat, Feb 18 Carnaval @ Gaucho’s Village (Glendale)

Sat, Feb 25 Carnaval Exotica @ Nokia (Downtown LA)

CONSCIOUSNESS SPOT

Genetically modified food now accepted by Health Food stores in the US

http://signon.org/sign/tell-obama-to-cease-fda.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=2152826http://signon.org/sign/tell-obama-to-cease-fda.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=2152826

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronnie-cummins/the-organic-elite-surrend_b_815346.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

FOR YOU

“Quando se ama não é preciso entender o que se passa lá fora, pois tudo passa a acontecer dentro de nós”

When you love, there is no need to understand what goes on out there because everything starts happening inside of us. (Quote by Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector)

Enjoy “Shimbalaiê” with Maria Gadu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-pLZEVWGs

Peace and Joy,

Katia : )

2012-01-04T14:23:00.000-08:00

Feliz Ano Novo!
Happy New Year!

I fell in love with Brazilian singer Elis Regina when I was 15 years old. At 17, with a broken heart over loosing my first love, I decided to make a recording hoping to have him back. Edu, a childhood friend, helped me produce a cassette tape with emotionally charged songs by Elis. He brought his silver 1976 Philips tape recorder to my parents’ house and we did everything in the living room. I read some of my poems on top of the songs and he mixed it on the spot. Did my first love come back to me? No, but I learned a lesson. I expressed my feelings and Elis’ music helped me heal.

Last December, my first sweetheart told me he still has that tape. I felt special. Just like Elis was special to me.

Join me on Saturday, January 21 at 7pm @ Brasil Brasil Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California for a special Tribute to Elis.

We’ll celebrate her life with a Photo Art exhibition + Video Screening + Live Show.

"It's a shame Elis Regina never appeared in the USA. She was the greatest, my favorite singer ever. All that power and emotion and incredibly expressive phrasing. Had she toured here even once they'd still be talking about her." Brick Wahl, LA Weekly

“ELIS, A CELEBRATION” is a tribute to one of Brazil’s greatest and most influential singers. “Elis & Tom,” recorded in Los Angeles in 1974 with the master of modern Brazilian popular music, Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim is considered one of the top ten Brazilian records of all time. Her extraordinary expressive voice and incredible sense of rhythm mixed with a controversial personality was cut short when she died tragically in January 1982 of a combination of cocaine and alcohol.

Elis began her career in the 1960’s during the dictatorship and helped launch the career of composers Milton Nascimento, Ivan Lins, João Bosco, Aldir Blanc, Tim Maia, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque, and many more. Singers Marisa Monte, Leila Pinheiro and Daniela Mercury cite Elis as a strong influence in their music. Among her 31 recordings between 1961 and 1982 are the extremely popular three live records (Dois na Bossa) with singer Jair Rodrigues.

“Elis, a Celebration” hopes to enrich the knowledge of an audience who wants to discover what Brazil is all about. The night will mix live music with a slide show, video screening and a photo exhibition by photographer Jorge Vismara.

The event will feature music by Katia Moraes featuring musicians Antonio Sant’Anna, Leo Costa, Mitchell Long and Bill Brendle. Brad Austin is in charge of the set design and Brazilian photographer Caesar Lima signed the official poster. This is the first time Brasil Brasil Cultural Center will present a tribute to a great Brazilian singer.

Crew of the event! From left: Brad Austin (set designer), Katia Moraes (concept/production), Marcia Argolo (production/marketing), Amen Santo and Nayla Santo (directors of Brasil Brasil Cultural Center) and Jorge Vismara (Photo/art exhibition and video screening)

A creative invite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmJenhcMuY&feature=email

Calendar Listing

DATE/TIME: Saturday, January 21, 2011 - 7:00 pm

VENUE: Brasil Brasil Cultural Center

11928 Washington Blvd. (c/s Inglewood), Los Angeles, CA 90066

(310) 397-3667 / www.brasilbrasil.org

TICKETS: $15 General, $10 Students and seniors

For more information, call: visit: www. www.katiamoraes.com

Media Sponsors: Soul Brazil Magazine and www.Pelourinho.com

2011-12-19T21:50:00.000-08:00

Brazilian Heart
December 2011
Since 1998

Twenty days in Rio and I got two days of sunny sky. “São Pedro” (St. Peter) did not want me to get a tan. Let me explain what I mean with my previous remark. In Brasil, St. Peter is in charge of the weather. Do you remember a passage of the Bible that says: “And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven.” Well, Brazilians took this as a message: St. Peter is the “weather caster in chief,” so every time there is too much sun, too much rain, too much this or that, we definitely blame Mr. São Pedro for it.
I was a little disappointed, but did not have much free time to blame São Pedro. My new bikini will wait until California get a heat wave!

Join me for a NEW YEAR’S EVE with a Brazilian Touch
@ Gaucho’s (Glendale, CA)
Featuring Mitchell Long and Leo Costa
Reservations and Info:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2491939458?ref=elink

Elis Regina, a Celebration is coming up on January 21 at Brasil Brasil Cultural Center! Stay tuned.

Feliz Natal (Merry Christmas)
Happy New Year (Feliz Ano Novo)
A gift for you! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGDO99gmb1Q
Love, Peace, Joy and Wisdom!
Katia : )

Sharing some thoughts while visiting Glendale, Arizona

2011-11-19T22:57:00.000-08:00

OCCUPY GLENDALE

Here we are, my hubby and I, in Glendale Arizona. Gorgeous sunset skies and so close to one of the wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon. How come we are surrounded by a Westgate Mall where people are looking for holiday sales, and a Cabela’s Outfitter store that will give away Browning rifles to the first 800 shoppers that line at the door at 5am on Thanksgiving? Tell me. Please, answer my naive question. This is surreal. If I was still asleep at 2pm I definitely woke up after entering Cabela’s. The Fodor Travel book suggested visiting the Old Town and Caitland Corner. We tried. The only think we found was thrifty stores trying to pass themselves off as antique shops. I guess the economic crisis hit town before they could finish the job. On the other hand, the tattoo stores are booming and we saw few Mexican girls with pierced noses holding a sign on the corner of Glendale Ave with 67th Ave offering free tattoos.

Outside our hotel veranda there is a big silver spaceship that looks even more striking agains the dark gun powder gray sky. It’s the University of Phoenix Stadium, the Arizona Cardinals professional football team’s home. Here, the US female soccer team will play against Sweden. We watched the US training this late morning and drove around guided by the Fodor’s travel book afterwards. Back to the hotel, I can’t quite get away from the impression Cabela’s Outfitter store left on me.

“Hot Lead vs Hot Espresso, Shoppers vs Shooters.” My husband can’t stop laughing.

“Draft Beer Drinkers vs Head Shot Thinkers.” He laughs a little more. I watch him call his buddy in Florida to share his impressions of this side of the world.

I kept taking pictures of everything that was new to me: lines of rifles ranging from $75 to a thousand dollars, an aquarium with two albino catfishes, videos for children using fake guns, camouflage clothing, a T-shirt with a front design showing a smoking gun written “Happiness is...” I feel I’m on another planet. Glued to a restaurant’s door I see a “No firearms allowed” poster that reminded me of a similar one I saw at a Kansas hotel in the beginning of this year. I realize I’ve been blind all these years living in California. I assumed whatever I wanted to assume. I’m made of a mishmash of conceptual ideas about freedom, civil rights, amnesty, animal rights, Gandhi, save Tibet, save the polar bears and the dolphins, end the famine in Africa and stop the melting of the planet. My mind is an antenna capturing trillions of events and the emotions that come attached to them. I look at the world around me coming from a great desire to make the world a better place. “My” better place. So self centered, I know, but that’s what everybody does. Oh well, I do the best I can.

Tonight, CNN announced that Republican and Democratic Congress men didn’t agree on a way to diminish the national debt. As a woman who was born during the Brazilian dictatorship time, I always thought of the power the presidents had. I wished Obama was a dictator for a split second. I feel discouraged thinking about him and the Republican candidates for the 2012 presidency. “Se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho come.” This Brazilian saying literally means “ If you run the animal catches you, if you stay it eats you.” Years ago I wanted to be an American citizen to be able to vote, and now I’m cringing at the thought of the election day that is around the corner.

Iowa State beat Oklahoma State and the field got packed with happy American football fans. The “Occupy” movement would be very happy to see that amount of people walking in the streets asking for equality. I wonder what would make Arizonians to camp on the fields around the Westgate Mall and Cabela’s Outfitter. I look at the million stars on this amazing sky and want to visit its big observatory. The documentary about the band “The Doors” is on TV and I imagine that everyone on this country is on drugs. Each one is humming an old song that perpetuates a foggy impression of what’s going on. “But don’t we all do that,” I asked myself. Jim Morrison thought he was part of a revolution until he watched a play, acted as an invincible fool and ended up in jail. For a long time I thought that art was a revolutionary tool, and I have to confess that visiting the Cabela’s store felt like something was killing the poetry I carry in my heart. I don’t want to die in the bath tub like Jim. The fresh cold water of reality stings my skin, but I prefer to take a skinny dip in this middle of nowhere Arizona state.

2011-11-06T21:07:00.000-08:00

SINGING WITH VIVER BRASIL DANCE COMPANY - CANADA

Photo by Beto Gonzalez

At about 8am the bus stopped in the middle of the 170th Street in Edmonton. It looks like we are stuck on a freeway. We joked that it looks like the 10 freeway in Los Angeles. The Canadian driver understands our feelings. He used to lead tours to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and experienced the crazy traffic of the city of Angels. This morning I had an extended chat with him and he says he does not like Halloween. He found out that people spend more money in costumes at this time of the year than on Christmas. He laments that. My friend Cynthia also disapproves the idea, but I know disapprovals don’t promote change, unless...well, that’s another story.

The Red Arrow bus is carrying eighteen of us, luggages with costumes, instruments plus our mascot, baby Keyan who turned six months in April. Taurus is his astrological sign, and that triggers a conversation about how stubborn the “Taurus personality” can be. We laughed while the bus now moves freely surrounded by early morning workers driving their Kias, Fords, Jeeps, and other types of cars.

I heard Alberta has a 65% immigrant population. There are Sri Lankan, Vietnamese, Chinese, Polish, Japanese, East African, Italian (of course) restaurants around here. Oh, did I mention the Ukrainian farm? A Lebanese man speaking Portuguese approached me at the hotel in McMurray one morning. He lived in Rio and I could see by his smile how happy he was to exchange few words. A group of Brazilians came to the show that night. They are working at the oil rig about two hours from Keyano Theatre and were thrilled to see us. The standing ovation was probably ignited by them.

On our way to the next stop we met a smiling Nova Scotia woman called Linda. Her brightest face made an impression on me. She has been working for a year as a General Supervisor of two lodges located an hour and a half from Fort McMurray (est.1795 and the fastest growing city in Canada). The lodges house people working for the oil refineries. Linda told my friend Cynthia that one day she went to a used bookstore in the middle of “nowhere prairie land” trying to find something to comfort her soul. She found a book about Buddhism that led her to more trips to the same bookstore. Every time she bought a book donated by the same person. This reminds me of the used book about philosopher Boethius I just bought at Amazon.com. I kept imagining what made the previous owner to underline certain passages.

We finally get to the Whitemud freeway going towards the airport. The driver asked us if we went to the West Edmonton Mall, but we didn’t have time for any sightseeing. To be honest, the only place I’d love to visit is the Jasper National Park that is about 4 hours northwest from here. The young girl who assisted me in the hotel gave me a brochure with gorgeous pictures of it and I gasped. Besides fishing, hiking, “Looking-for-moose-seeing,” and the usual attractions, there is a lake cruise to an island called Spirit. A perfect place to feed my soul. “Next time,” I say to myself.

Through the speakers we hear the driver tells us that the freeway 2 is now called Queen Elizabeth. I hear someone says: “So colonial.” We giggled. I wonder which politician had the idea to change the name. Talking about names, try to pronounce this word: Saskatchewan. I wonder if it is a Cree Indian nation name.

Overall, I feel like I’m still in the US. KFC, Pizzahut, Firestone, Starbucks, Sears. They are all here. Wendy’s was next door to another restaurant called Swiss Chalet that serves barbecued chicken. Their female waiters are all Chinese/Vietnamese. Go figure.

The crew at the Arden Theatre was sweet and they made us sound great. The piano at the rehearsal room was a little out of tune but helped me to warm up. I’m glad I brought the Throat Coat tea with me. In the middle of the previous show at Keyano Theatre, Vania, myself and the dancers found out we couldn’t produce saliva anymore. Water!

Eileen, our lighting designer, fell sick but did a great job regardless of feeling crappy most of the time during the trip.

I heard this was the first time the producer was bringing world dance to this theatre. He said we exceeded his expectations and by the way the audience responded, he will continue to introduce different cultures to his community in the future. Voila! I think this is called Success.

I know it’s hard to please everyone and the subject “food” is always challenging. My friend Laila didn’t like the food provided by the healthy Prairie Bistro, but I was very grateful for it. Talking about prairie, that’s pretty much what you see in Alberta’s province. I look at the dictionary. “Planície, pradaria, campina.” In the south of Brasil you call them “pampas.”

Finally I’m at the airport sitting beside a Buddhist nun. While I write my account of the trip she plays solitaire on her Notebook. I smile. We are all One. I truly believe it now.

Photo by Beto Gonzalez

Brazilian Heart

2011-11-02T18:57:00.000-07:00

November 2011

Since 1998

Brasil, here I go!

Reasons? Millions of them!

My grandma is 99 years old

A possible reunion of my band from the 1980‘s: O Espírito da Coisa

To film a new video in São Paulo

To hug my family and friends

To check the amazing exhibition “INDIA” happening in downtown Rio

http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/india-a-major-exhibition-in-rio-at-ccbb/ http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/india-a-major-exhibition-in-rio-at-ccbb/

To bathe my body in the Atlantic Ocean and say “ahhhhhhhhh”

SHOW

ELIS, a Celebration!

Saturday, January 21 at 7pm

A Live Show with Katia Moraes & Pure Samba + Photo Exhibition + Slide Show by Jorge Vismara + Set Design by Brad Austin to celebrate Brazilian singer Elis Regina!

@ Brasil Brasil Cultural Center

11928 Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066 (c/s Inglewood)

Featuring Antonio de Sant’Anna, Mitchell LOng, Leo Costa and Bill Brendle.

310 397-3667

$15

Thursday, January 26 at 7pm

Katia Moraes & Pure Samba

@ Green Valley Recreation (Green Valley, AZ)

OBA! SOUNDS OF BRAZIL: WORK IN PROGRESS DOCUMENTARY

Directed by Michael Deane. He asked me about Saudade (longing) and that’s what happened to me...

http://vimeo.com/30935288

FOR YOU

“I sing the notes to arrive at that rare beach

Where the white fine sand does not blind anybody when the wind blows.”

Peace, and Happy Thanksgiving in advance!

Katia : )

2011-09-30T00:16:00.000-07:00

Brazilian Heart

October 2012

Since 1998

I used to dream I was a close friend with artists that I love. Sting was one of them. The dream was so vivid I could swear it was true. I think I dreamt with Stevie Wonder once as well. On September 29 he was performing at Rock in Rio and many of my friends were SO happy to be there watching one of their most beloved artists. What a great feeling to watch a show with someone you admire. It makes you cry, smile and pinch yourself asking: “Am I really here or is this just a dream?” I felt that way when I opened for Gilberto Gil at House of Blues years back. I have to admit that yes, it was a dream. Moments like these pass very fast. Everything that’s left is the emotional print in your heart. I’m grateful for those moments and for many to come!

Stevie in my hometown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSY6RZhLg8&feature=share

SHARING A QUOTE
From Viver Brasil Dance Company latest review:
"Remarkable throughout was the robust singing of Katia Moraes, providing a narrative that rose above even the thundering drums of five tireless drummers. Ms. Moraes is a vocal powerhouse who seems ready to sing at full throttle all night long."

SHOWS:

Thursday, October 6th at 8pm

Singing with Samba Society @ Madrid Theatre

Special guest from Brasil: Composer/singer Moacyr Luz

Part of the Festival of World Festival of Sacred Music

http://www.festivalofsacredmusic.org/calendar

Thursday, October 13th at 9pm

Singing with Samba Society @ Zanzibar

With special guest Moacyr Luz

http://www.zanzibarlive.com/#/schedule/4540465856

Friday and Saturday, October 21 & 22 at 7:30pm

Katia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts

@ Nakano Theatre (Torrance)

George Nakano Theatre

Torrance Cultural Arts Center 3330 Civic Center Drive

310.781.7171

http://www.performingartslive.com/Events%5CKTIA-MORAES--BRAZILIAN-HEARTS-7122011171654

October 28-31 in Alberta, Canada

With Viver Brasil Dance Company

http://www.ardentheatre.com/events.php?event_id=570&cat=1

Photo by Jorge Vismara. Performing with Viver Brasil Dance Company at the Ford Theater in 2009.

2011 NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIPS

NEA paid homage to Brazilian instrumentalist Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro, an authority in Pandeiro playing. The award celebration took place in Washington D.C. this last September.

I’m very proud of you, Carlinhos : )

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17462684

(Starts at 50)

INTERESTING WOMEN: AYN RAND

http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_ayn_rand_aynrand_biography

AROUND LA

WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC

Opening: “Honoring the Sea” - over three hundred artists present sacred traditions from seven lineages of world cultures on Santa Monica Beach (at Dorothy Green Park), Saturday, October 1st at 3:00 pm

http://www.artsbeatla.com/2011/09/world-festival-sacred-music/

Daniela Mercury @ Greek Theatre

October 13

The Brazilian bombshell from Bahia

www.braziliannites.com

My Peruvian sister Cecilia Noel & Wild Clams will be @ The Mint

October 15 at 8pm / with Los Pinguos at 11pm.

Cecilia and I performed together when I arrived in Los Angeles many years ago. We had a blast sharing the stage during the Lambada Era. I feel grateful for each moment I experienced with her.

www.themintla.com

Fundraising presented by Samba n’Motion: Night in Rio @ Brasil Brasil Cultural Center on October 22 at 7pm

My friend Ana Laidley who is a Samba authority here in LA, will use the money of this event towards a new show telling the origins of samba.

http://capoeirabatuque.org/

A CAT AND A GIRL (To Melt Your Heart)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbDN9AS1jyE&feature=share

FOR YOU

“Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves – or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.”

Ayn Rand, Russian philosopher (1905-1982)

“Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;”

Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (1921-1997)

Peace and Joy,

Katia : )

After the shooting of my new video @ Caesar Lima's studio in Calabasas on September 29th. Great people, great vibe!

2011-09-03T09:30:00.000-07:00

Brazilian Heart

September 2011

Since 1998

This is what happens when my heart is open and not expecting anything...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Na36NRk5nQ

SHOWS

Monday, September 5th at 4pm @ Tropico de Nopal

Singing with Samba Society

http://www.reverbnation.com/sambasociety

Saturday, September 10th from 12noon to 6pm @ La Brea Tar Pits

7th Brazilian Day In Los Angeles (Celebrating Brasil’s Independence Day)

Food, crafts, music, carnaval parade, and more.

I’ll be the MC (and will be sitting in for a song with Renni Flores)

http://braziliandayla.org/main/

Saturday, September 24 at 8pm @ Cerritos Performing Arts Center

Singing with Viver Brasil Dance Company

http://www.cerritoscenter.com/tickets/production.aspx?productionSeasonId=3637

BRAZIL’S ECONOMY

Brazil's economic boom drawing immigrant workers home

http://mobile.latimes.com/p.p?a=rp&m=b&postId=786090&curAbsIndex=1&resultsUrl=DID%3D6%26DFCL%3D1000%26DSB%3Drank%2523desc%26DBFQ%3DuserId%253A7%26DL.w%3D%26DL.d%3D10%26DQ%3DsectionId%253A5218%26DPS%3D0%26DPL%3D3

LISTEN

“Brazil” by Django Reinhardt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0MTQpDgSFc&feature=related

BRAZILIAN DANCE IN LA

Sunday at 3pm in exploring the diverse Afro-Brazilian Dance Diaspora with Rachel Hernandez. Orixas, afro-contemporary, samba reggae and much more. All levels encouraged and welcome. With live musical accompaniment. Drop in $12. Brasil Brasil Cultural Center (11928 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066)

NEW BRAZILIAN DOCUMENTARY

CORTINA DE FUMAÇA by Rodrigo Mac Niven opening in Brasl this month “is a bold documentary about a polemic subject that should concern everybody and that needs to be honestly discussed. The drug policy in Brazil and worldwide.”

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GbqujLL5Ek&feature=related

http://www.cortinadefumaca.com/site/pt-br/doc/english.php

THE HEALER

I’ve been hearing stories about João de Deus for few years now. Here’s what Oprah presented about him on her show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGNQuIcsGlM&feature=related

BACK2BLACK FESTIVAL IN RIO (August 2011)

http://www.back2blackfestival.com.br/videos

Featuring Chaka Kan, Macy Gray, Gilberto Gil, Ana Moura, and many more.

FOR YOU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXwus1xd2bA&feature=player_embedded#!

“Não adianta nem me abandonar

Porque mistério sempre há de pintar por aí

Pessoas até muito mais vão lhe amar

Até muito mais difíceis que eu prá você

Que eu, que dois, que dez, que dez milhões, todos iguais

Até que nem tanto esotérico assim

Se eu sou algo incompreensível, meu Deus é mais”

It doesn’t matter if you abandon me

Because there will always be mystery in the world.

More people will love you

Way more difficult than I am to you

I, two, ten, ten million, all the same.

I’m not that esoteric

If I am incomprehensible, my God is more

Peace, Love and Joy

Katia : )

2011-08-02T22:58:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
August 2011
Since 1998

With Jose Rizo (KJazz 88.1FM) and James Janisse (klasfm.com and kebnradio.com) at the backstage after the show. Two gentlemen!

It was hot and humid at Central Ave Jazz Festival in South Central Los Angeles. I was drenched at the end of the show and felt like I was in Brasil. The 10-year old Ray Goren played the blues like a soulful pro and brought the house down before we went on stage. Amazing talent. Gerald Wilson’s orchestra conducted by the 93 year-old legend himself performed after us (Sambaguru). Beautiful. The Artists’ Green Room was at the solar powered “cultural center” (CRCD) supported by councilwoman Jan Perry. Actually, Jan Perry's poise reminded me of Brazilian singer Elizeth Cardoso who I met at TV Manchete dressing room in Rio de Janeiro in the 1980’s. I told her my mother loved her, and she made a little remark about “my mom” loving her, but not me. I felt a little embarrassed, but imagined my deceased mom would feel very happy to know I had met Elizeth before she passed away.

Cyro Monteiro and Elizeth Cardoso singing “Tem que Rebolar” by José Batista and M. de Oliveira (1966). My parents used to hear this recording when I was a teenager. This one brings me much joy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72fkyzaLQo&feature=related

SHOW
Friday, August 26 from 7pm to 9pm
@ Farmers Market Hollywood with Sambaguru
FREE
http://farmersmarketla.com/special_events/events/summermusic/images/2011%20Summer%20Music%20Flyer.pdf

Teaching the crowd how to move in a Brazilian way @ LACMA (July 16). Photo by Alena.

SÃO PAULO AND CALIFORNIA - Sustainability Partners
http://policyinmotion.com/2011/07/sao-paulo-brazil-and-california-usa-sustainability-partners/

BRASIL BRASIL CULTURAL CENTER
My friends Amen and Nayla moved BBCC to a new location in Culver City, Los Angeles. I’ll be doing an event there very soon. If you or your kids want to learn Portuguese, dance samba, play capoeira, etc, check them out: http://capoeirabatuque.org/classes/

OLD AND BEAUTIFUL BRAZILIAN MUSIC!
Orlando Silva singing “Nada Além” by Custódio Mesquita & Mário Lago (1938)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_358PNNVDDc&feature=related

THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE MUSEUM (São Paulo)
http://www.gringoes.com/articles.asp?ID_Noticia=1467
http://www.estacaodaluz.org.br/

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Mario Costa (Music) @ First & Hope (downtown) on Aug. 13 at 10pm
Michel Groisman (Performance Art) @ Skirball on Aug 17 at 8pm

FOR YOU
Bichos Cantores (Animal Singers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElelOxM3NJw&feature=related

Quote of “Nuvem Passageira” (Passing Cloud) by Brazilian composer Tunai :

“Não adianta escrever
meu nome numa pedra
pois esta pedra em pó
vai se transformar
Você não vê que a vida
corre contra o tempo
sou um castelo de areia
na beira do mar”

Don’t bother to write
my name on a stone
cause the stone will be dust
Don’t you see that Life
goes against Time?
I’m a sand castle on the seaside

Peace and Joy!
Katia : )

Somewhere between Laguna Beach and Los Angeles

2011-07-01T13:43:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
July 2011
Since 1998

This last June I decided to celebrate my birthday spending a week in Española (New Mexico) practicing Kundalini yoga and meditation. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. One morning at around 2:45am when I was walking and singing with my teacher and other yogi friends, I couldn’t hold my tears and cried like a baby. Some white turbans reminded me of my mom’s white veil she used during mass. I looked at the starry night and found out I was fighting against the idea she was faithful to the end. They say we peel old emotional blocks like an onion, in layers. Many times I thought I had spotted an old pattern of mine and believed I wouldn’t repeat it again. But then, an early morning breeze touches your face, the reverberation of a song in your throat rushes into your heart, and you are moved to a sphere where you face your fear one more time. I found out I’m very similar to my mom. I have faith. And I carry it in my eyes, in my passion for singing, for nature, for life.
By the way, a group of 40 Brazilians from Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Brasília and Espírito Santo camped in the same valley I was.
http://www.3ho.org/
http://www.3hobrasil.com.br/

SHOWS
Saturday, July 16 at 5pm @ LACMA with Sambaguru
http://www.lacma.org/event/katia-moraes
Below a pic taken few years ago at Lacma with Pure Samba (Mitchell Long, Leo Costa and Antonio Sant'Anna)

Tuesday, July 19 at 6:30pm @ The Beach House with Pure Samba
http://www.eventbrite.com/org/199463539

Sunday, July 31 at 2pm @ Central Avenue Jazz Festival with Sambaguru
http://www.centralavejazz.org/

BRAZILIAN FLORA
I played with many Mimosa Pudica (Dormideira) when I was a kid. Sweet memories.
“There are over 300 species of Mimosa that belong to the bean (pea) family Leguminosae. This species, Mimosa Pudica, is native to Brazil but is naturalized throughout the tropics of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. It runs wild as a weed in the Gulf States.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLTcVNyOhUc

IGUAZU FALLS (DEVIL’S THROAT)
I visited this place when I was about 9 years old and never forgot. It’s mesmerizing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYydapcTPJ4&feature=related

AROUND TOWN AND BEYOND
July 8th @ Roxy Theater Brazilian Summer Festival with Diogo Nogueira
www.braziliannites.com
July 11th @ Kuumbwa Jazz (Santa Cruz, CA) Percussionist Airto Moreira’s 70 years Birthday Celebration with Eyedentity!
http://www.kuumbwajazz.org/index.php#kuumwbwa_popup
Below photo taken at La Ve Lee with Airto Moreira and Sambaguru

FILM
“Broder” on July 6th at 7:30pm@ James Bridges Theatre at UCLA
http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/events/showevent.asp?eventid=8936

BRASIL BRASIL CULTURAL CENTER
If you are in Los Angeles, visit BBCC's new location! My friends Amem and Nayla did a great job! There you can learn capoeira, samba, portuguese, drumming, yoga, etc.
www.brasilbrasil.org

FOR YOU
“Aqui é o meu país
Nos sonhos sem cabimento
Aqui sou um passarim
Que as penas estão por dentro
Por isso aprendi a cantar,
Voar, voar, voar”

Here is my country
In senseless dreams,
Here I am a bird
with feathers inside,
that’s why I learned to sing
to fly, to fly, to fly

Quote of Ivan Lins song “Meu País” (My Country)

Peace, Love and joy,
Katia : )

2011-06-02T18:32:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
JUNE 2011 (My birthday Month! OBA!)
SINCE 1998

You know when you sit or stand on a spot in your house where you were never aware of? And you look at everything around you and find out things are different? One afternoon I sat on a blue chair against my backyard fence and SAW my hidden garden. In front of me there was a narrow way with rose bushes, lavenders, lemon trees and jasmines all along it. The pathway was shaped with pines and little rocks I handpicked, and mandalas with sea shells I created. Far ahead the greenery was greener than ever against the bluest of skies.

Went to see Prince’s show and I found out I had brought that greenery spot with me. I looked at the excited, noisy and packed Forum in Inglewood with a calmness in my heart that I had never felt. I even philosophized about Prince’s spiritual being when he came on stage wearing a shining gold outfit from top to bottom. I smiled broadly and enjoyed the moment... Some say he’s a type of god, and I believe we all are.
(Photo below with my friend and pianist Sandro Rebel after the show at the Forum)

SHOWS
Friday, June 10 at 8pm @ Vitello’s Supper Club (Studio City, CA)
With Sambaguru
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3704695
(Photo below with percussionist Kevin Ricard after our show at WorldFest last month. He and saxophonist Miguel Gandelman from the Tonight Show band will be playing at Vitello's)

Sunday, June 12th at 2pm @ Jazz on the Bay (Newport Beach, CA)
Info: (949) 677-0490
With Pure Samba

Friday, June 17 at 7pm @ Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (Redondo Beach, CA) Info: (562) 556-4824
With Samba Society

BIRDS + CLASSICAL BRAZILIAN MUSIC
Composer Heitor Villa Lobos and Uirapuru. "Uirapuru is an orchestral piece with an elaborate program about the mythical Uirapuru bird in the Amazon jungle."
http://www.villalobos.ca/uirapuru

BRAZILIAN CHOREOGRAPHER + CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
In the 1980’s I did a class with Uruguayan choreographer Graciela Figueroa that I never forgot. I literally sat down and cried before the class ended. Coincidently, Brazilian choreographer Deborah Colker studied with Graciela and became an incredible artist herself! Have you seen Cirque du Soleil’s OVO? She choreographed it.
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/ovo/show/creators/deborah-colker.aspx

MOVIE
BRASIL ANIMADO (Brasil’s first 3D movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YsfuAdgF6A
I AM by Tom Shadyac
http://www.iamthedoc.com/
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS by Woody Allen. I highly recommend!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYRWfS2s2v4

A WONDERFUL BRAZILIAN WRITER: MACHADO DE ASSIS (1839-1908)
Born in June just like me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquim_Maria_Machado_de_Assis

FOR YOU
“Entendia que há larga ponderação de males e bens, e que a arte de viver consiste em tirar o maior bem do maior mal.” (Machado de Assis)

(He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil)

Love & Awareness!
Katia : )
(And my South American Indian Soul!)

2011-05-16T18:46:00.000-07:00

Brazilian Heart
May 2011
Since 1998

The fragrance and the feel of the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean reinvigorates me. The sensation that I experience is imprinted on the memory of my cells and it definitely gives me a sense of new life and energy! Here's one the mandalas I created to celebrate Life! : )

SHOWS
Sunday, May 22nd at 1pm
Sambaguru featuring Katia Moraes
@ WorldFest (Woodley Park, Lake Balboa, CA)
http://worldfestevents.com/venues.php
Environment education, Vegan food court, Animal adoptions, Lagunitas Beer Gardens, Kids stage, great speakers and amazing music!!! Show your support for the planet called Earth. : )
Sambaguru’s New Review by Don Heckman
http://irom.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/live-music-katia-moraes-and-sambaguru-at-vitello/

Saturday, May 28th, 2011 at 7pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ Casa Arjona (Long Beach, CA)
Info: (562) 421-8605
Featuring Leo Costa and Mitchell Long

MOVIE
“Wasteland”. I highly recommend (thanks, John)
http://www.wastelandmovie.com/

“Rio”
Wanna be in a good mood? Watch this one. : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf6zeRwk5LE

BOOK
“The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas”
Woody Allen said: “The book was charming and interesting. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe that he (Brazilian author Machado de Assis) had lived such a long time ago. One would think that he had written it yesterday. It’s so modern and interesting.” http://www.amazon.com/Posthumous-Memoirs-Cubas-Library-America/dp/0195101707

Can you read in Portuguese? This is a must if you like History and Brasil. “1808” by Laurentino Gomes.
http://www.amazon.com/1808-LAURENTINO-GOMES/dp/8576653206

FOR YOU
“Há duas formas para viver a sua vida:
Uma é acreditar que não existe milagre.
A outra é acreditar que todas as coisas são um milagre.”

There are two ways to live your life:
One is to believe that there is no miracle.
The other is to believe that everything is a miracle.”
Fernando Pessoa

Peace,
Katia : )

2011-04-02T17:39:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
April 2011
Since 1998

At 10:27am the bus crossed the Delaware River. It was a sunny day, but crisp cold. Everything was so clear; a clarity you wish you had when you’re stressed out. The countryside was beautiful even though the trees were still naked; the smile of the light green of the grass growing in the middle of patches of snow saying “Hey! It’s me again!” My mind gave special attention to the Indian names of the avenues and towns. Any bit of history ignited my attention even if I was half asleep or my back hurt. Another Toll? Wow! There are many around there. We moved from Middletown, Connecticut to Rehoboth, Delaware passing through the outskirts of New Jersey one more time. During the way I read few pages of the book my friend Dev gave me in New Mexico. It’s called Songs of Bliss.
“But talking and wandering
Won’t bring the experience
You’re searching for.”
I paused to think about the gypsy in me; that kind that feels a sense of urgency, like life is going to end at any time; that one that wants to swallow all the knowledge in this world in one gulp. Because of that being, I have the tendency to stumble over my words, talk on top of my friends’ talk, eat and read at the same time, and sometimes wish I‘d be in another place. In a way it’s funny and I seem to be entertained by my monkey mind. But once in a while, the overwhelming mental wanderer plays tricks on me when I’m on the stage waiting for the cue to start singing. “I forgot that part of the lyrics again; wow I never heard that bass embezzlement before; this cowbell is so loud; love the way we play with each other; remember to tell him to slow down the tempo, what a great piano solo, man; that guy on the first row looks so sad; what can I do to make people happy; this monitor sucks; my knee hurts; These days I’m aware of the endless dance of my thoughts and this bothers me. Then I remember a friend telling me to embrace it all, so I repeat to myself: “Embrace it all, Katia.” I notice I physically embrace myself, and then I feel comforted.

SHOW
Friday, April 22 at 8pm @ Vitello’s with Sambaguru. Special guest: Miguel Gandelman on sax.
4349 Tujunga Avenue, CA 91604-2752 (818) 769-0905
http://www.vitellosrestaurant.com/

BOOK
O Encontro Marcado (Fernando Sabino, 1923-2004)
A 1956 novel about a young man looking for the “real reason of his life.”
Once Sabino said that he’d like to be a jazz musician…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on66qzbsnBM

BRAZILIAN RISING STAR
www.greccoburatto.com

BRAZILIAN DANCE – SILVESTRE TECHNIQUE
Rosangela Silvestre, the inspiring choreographer from Salvador, Bahia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6acWOMTrts
http://www.silvestrelink.com/

BRAZILIAN VEGETARIAN BEINGS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIka8500CM8

LANGUAGE
“The Nheengatu language is an Ameridian language of the Tupi-Guarani sub-family. It is also known by the Portuguese name ‘Amazonian General Language’. In 2003, Nheengatu became an official language along with Portuguese, in São Gabriel da Cachoerira (Sty. Gabriel of Waterfall), a city and a municipality located on the northern shores of the Rio Negro River in the Amazonas state in Brasil.”

FOR YOU
“Sobre a nudez forte da verdade, o mundo diáfano da fantasia.”
Under the strong naked truth, the diaphanous world of fantasy (illusion).
(Eça de Queiroz, born in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Maria_de_E%C3%A7a_de_Queiroz

“Em mim a anatomia enlouqueceu. Sou todo coração.”
The anatomy got crazy in me. I’m all heart.
(Vladimir Maiakovski, born in Russia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Mayakovsky

A Brazilian hug from somewhere between North Carolina and Virginia, US,
Katia : )

2011-03-02T17:41:00.000-08:00

Brazilian Heart
Since 1998
March 2011

There’s nothing like swimming in the Atlantic Ocean waters! Ah…so warm…It feels like being in a womb. Yes, I miss my mom. ; ) She used to make my clothe, and definitely made my first Carnaval outfit. I learned some sewing tricks and decided to make my own costume when I was 18. It was a toga dress for a College party. My friends and I decided that Ancient Rome would be the theme of that night. The mini dress was made of a pale green cotton fabric with gold trims. So much fun! This Carnaval I'll be a bird!
From today on, Brasil will be on vacations for at least a week. It’s Carnaval again, folks! Join me! I’ll be singing at the biggest Brazilian Carnaval in So Cal @ Club Nokia starting at 9pm. For more info: www.braziliannites.com

SOME SHOWS www.katiamoraes.com
Fri, March 4 @ Tropico de Nopal singing with Samba Society.
Sat, March 5 at 9pm @ Club Nokia
Sunday, March 6 from 4pm to 6pm @ Farmers Market Music Series with Sambaguru.
Tue, March 8 at 9pm @ Zanzibar (Fat Tuesday Party) with Viver Brasil Dance Company.
Sat, March 12 @ National Hispanic CC Theatre/Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sun, March 13 @ Lensic Performing Arts Center/Santa Fe, New Mexico
East Coast Tour with Viver Brasil Dance Company from March 19 thru April 16.

NEW YEAR, NEW IDEAS!
My New Project: Kátia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2IKewpsXE4

MUSIC MEMORY
“Não chore ainda não, que eu tenho um violão e nós vamos cantar.
Felicidade aqui pode passar e ouvir e se ela for de samba há de querer ficar”
Don’t cry just yet because I have an acoustic guitar and we’ll sing together. Happiness may pass and hear us, and if she is fond of samba she may stay.
(Quote from Olê Olá, a song by Brazilian composer Chico Buarque)
Here’s Chico singing with MPB4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGPA074Elws&feature=related

BRAZILIAN DOCUMENTARY
“Waste Land” directed by Lucy Walker, tells the story of acclaimed Brooklyn, NY-based artist Vik Muniz returning to his native Brazil, where he embarks upon a transformative creative journey with a group of men and women catadores (garbage pickers), using recyclables to make their portraits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWPU5WNgQ2w

FAVELA FESTIVAL IN RIO
Do you want to know what’s “musically” happening in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro? Check this out. These are 48 chosen songs for the festival! Listen & vote on our favorite. http://www.favelafestival.com/2010/?pagina=lista-musicas

FOR YOU
"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it is the way you carry it.”
Lena Horne

Love and Smiles,
Katia : )

Brazilian Heart / February 2011

2011-02-04T09:15:00.000-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
February 2011
Since 1998

INSPIRAÇÃO (Inspira Ação) - INSPIRATION (Inspire Action)
One of my artistic inspirations in life is Regina Casé (actress, cultural agitator, and host of a Brazilian TV program called “Um Pé de Quê?” about Environment and Sustainability). After watching one of her plays in the 1980’s, I fell in love with theatre and dance and abandoned my History College. That change gave me the opportunity to solidify my love for music and flourish as a human being. In 2009, a Brazilian documentary called “Dzi Croquettes” (with choreographies by Brooklyn native Lennie Dale) revealed the birth of the irreverent approach I so much loved in Regina. Lennie Dale fell in love with Bossa Nova in 1960 and inspired lots of local artists in Rio de Janeiro in a time when Brasil was under a dictatorship.
Share one of your inspirations with me! : )

SHOW
Sambaguru Unplugged!
Saturday, February 5th at 8:30pm
@ First & Hope Supper Club (Downtown Los Angeles)
http://www.firstandhope.com/

DANCE – BOSSA NOVA & DICTATORSHIP – Lennie Dale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbOWiPeLAvw&feature=related

UNIVERSAL BREATHING ROOM
What’s this? It’s pretty cool.
http://doasone.com/BreathingRooms.aspx?RoomID=1

GOT BRAIN?
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward Official Release 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

COOL STUDIO
www.earlyprorecording.com
Engineer+producer Lynne Earls’ credits: K.D. Lang, Airto Moreira, and
Flora Purim.

PARABÉNS PELOURINHO.COM
My friend Jorge Vismara is celebrating 15 years of his website!
www.pelourinho.com

TRIBO OF BRAZILIAN INDIANS FOUND! (It’s possible to live in a different way in this world, folks)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12360013

FOR YOU

“Conheço a aurora com seu desatino
Conheço o amanhecer com o seu tesouro
Conheço as andorinhas sem destino
Conheço rios sem desaguadouros
Conheço o medo do princípio ao fim
Conheço tudo, conheço tudo
Menos a mim”

I know the dawn with its madness
I know the day break with its treasure
I know swallows with no destiny
I know rivers with no spillways
I know fear from beginning to end
I know everything.
Everything, but myself.
(Quote from a song lyric by Brazilian poet Ferreira Gullar)

“A relationship is a living thing. It needs and benefits from the same
attention to detail that an artist lavishes on his art.” (David Viscott)

Blessings,
Katia : )

2011-01-09T11:40:00.000-08:00

Brazilian Heart 2011
January 2011
Since 1998
www.katiabrazil.blogspot.com

To my nephelibate friends! Happy New Year!
The word nefelibata has its origin in Greece: nephele (cloud) and
batha (a place you can walk on)

COOL NEWS:
Surprise, surprise! I got nominated for best Brazilian singer (Cantora
Brasileira Local) by the Brazilian Press Awards. Would you have a
minute to vote for me? It’s category #3.
http://www.pressaward.com/votacao.php

“Tranquilidade,” one of my new songs with engineer/composer/producer
Lynne Earls (K.D.Lang) will be featured on the compilation Brasil
Sambossica Vol 3 to be released this year.

One of my songs with Bill Brendle (Sambaguru) is in the movie "Every Day." It will be opening in Los Angeles and NYC on Friday. It will appear at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood.

http://www.laemmle.com/comingsoon.php

SHOW:
Brazilian Heart Experience Project (New year, New band)
Wed, Jan 19th at 9pm @ ZANZIBAR
1301 5th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (corner with Arizona)
Also featuring Mario Costa’s CD release + DJ Chris Brazil spinning.
http://www.reverbnation.com/mariocosta
Reply ASAP if you want to be on a $5 guest list!

BIDU SAYÃO – BRAZILIAN OPERA SINGER (1902-1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZCTYN772w0&feature=related
So beautiful and talented! She reminds me of Carmem Miranda when she
rolls her eyes…

BRAZILIAN CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
I was watching “The King’s Speech at a small movie theatre in Westlake
Village when the projector broke. I was transported right then to my
childhood summer vacations in Vitoria, Brasil. One of my relatives
brought me to watch a movie called “Dio Como Ti Amo” at a very
improvised screening room with folded chairs on a dirt floor. During
the movie I heard babies crying and a dog strolling around. I had to
smile.
Here’s Gigliola Cinqueti singing the main song of the movie that was a
hit all over the world. “Dio Como Ti Amo” is a composition by Domenico
Modugno, who wrote “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) in 1958.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxdWqYuFQ8&feature=related

FOR YOU
“If I were called on to define briefly the word 'art', I should call
it the reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature, seen
through the veil of the soul."
Quote by French painter Paul Cézanne who was born on January 19, 1838.

“Your physical body is an idea your mind is stubbornly holding on to.”
Deepak Chopra

Be a Sage, be a warrior!
Katia : )

NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH RHYTHM!

2010-12-28T10:33:00.000-08:00

NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SAMBAGURU
@ South Coast Winery in Temecula, CA

www.rhythmonthevine.com

BRAZILIAN HEART / DECEMBER 2010

2010-12-03T21:06:00.000-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
December 2010
Since 1998
www.katiabrazil.blogspot.com

Maybe you heard about the war against drug dealers at Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro. Most of my hometown friends agree with the Army’s intervention to help Rio’s police force. The 400,000.00 neighborhood of Complexo do Alemão (German’s Complex) includes traditional areas like Penha, Inhaúma and Bonsucesso. At the end of World War II, a Polish immigrant bought the whole area and was mistaken as a German guy because of his accent (they called him the “twisted tongue guy.”) With the Soccer World Cup and Olympics coming to Rio in few years, the federal and state government decided to clean the area. Good move! It’s now or never!

(Photo of a boy at Complexo do Alemão by Felipe Dana)

Coincidently, Brazilians are celebrating 100 Years of composer Noel Rosa who lived in Penha and wrote one of the most beautiful slow sambas called “Meu Barracão” (in homage of his shack in Penha). In 1934 he met the big love of his life. What was her last name? Moraes. : )

PERFORMANCES
Saturday, Dec. 4 at 2pm Samba Society
Celebrating The Day of Samba (December 2nd) and 100 Years of Noel Rosa!
Art Bazaar, music and Brazilian Food. All ages welcome.
Bakari Art House. 1951 Hillcrest Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90016.

NEW YEAR’S EVE with Sambaguru at South Coast Winery in Temecula!
http://www.jazzandblues.org/features/2009/rhythmOnTheVineNewYears/

MUSIC ON BRAZILIAN TV
MEU BARRACÃO (My Shack) by Noel Rosa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2zY4D1SFys

AROUND LOS ANGELES
My great friend and Capoeira master Amen Santo is the head of Capoeira Batuque and Brasil Brasil Cultural Center in Culver City. Check it out.
http://capoeirabatuque.org/

PAULO SZOT - BRAZILIAN SINGER AT BROADWAY
Went to see Paulo at the Broad Theatre in Santa Monica last November. He won the Tony Award in 2008 for his work at “South Pacific.” Next January he’ll be Escamillo on a production of “Carmen” at the Metropolitan Opera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m24Z5Uzf-mQ

From left: Paulo Szot, me, Marcia Argolo (Festival of Sacred Music) and photographer Jorge Vismara

BRAZILIAN ART VIDEO
In 2005 I participated on a project called “Danço-Te” by artist Bia Gayotto from São Paulo. Now she has a new project called Trading Places. It is inspired by Czech media philosopher and cultural theorist Villem Flusser's article that stated: “immigration is a creative activity that involves a certain double-consciousness, where the immigrant is always negotiating between home and the world.” The video provides an exchange between voice and body, generating an unsettling sense of dislocation. From physical, cultural and emotional perspectives Trading Places reflects on issues of immigration,
identity, culture and geographic interconnectivity. http://www.biagayotto.com/ The exhibition is scheduled for February at Kristie Engle Gallery.
Photo below by Bia Gayotto when we were filming for "Trading Places"

FOR YOU
“(…) What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.” (Quote from “The Witch of Portobello” by Paulo Coelho)

Merry Christmas (Feliz Natal) & Happy New Year (Feliz Ano Novo)
The photo below was taken in front of the San Francisco City Hall. Choreographer Rosangela Silvestre and I happily posing in front of the beautiful Shiva sculpture!

2010-11-03T22:50:00.001-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
NOVEMBER 2010
SINCE 1998
www.katiabrazil.blogspot.com

Beyond this endless straight road between Iowa and Kansas is where I
belong. No clue where this place may be, but my joyful heart is there
already. I want to say I don’t worry about “belonging” anymore, but I
still do sometimes. On my left side is Keith, our bus driver who just
retired from the Army after more than 25 years. He’s a specialist in
everything about tanks, and just turned 50 years old. He wears a cap
with the logo of the bus company (Wind Stars) to hide his baldness,
has a very well trimmed moustache and a cool sense of humor. His only son is working on 3 majors at the Iowa State University: International Relations, Economy ad Political Science. The talent boy speaks Spanish and German and is learning Russian. I joke with the driver saying his son is already a spy at 18 years old.
Iowa woke up today with a new governor, actually, an “old” governor.
The guy already served 4 turns here. He’s affectionately called
“governor for life.”
During the first part of this trip I listen to my yoga teacher and
feel my lower intestine cramp. The food I ate last night upset my
tired body. Pizza at midnight was not a good choice. Pattonsburg…Here I am: Hwy 35, mile 77, around 80 miles to Kansas. So far I only saw scattered farmhouses and resting areas with the usual McDonald, gas station ($2.59 per gallon here) and empty cornfields along both sides of the 2-lane road. It’s a beautiful day with a blue sky and a fresh/cold wind swaying the 49-seat bus side to side. I’ve seen at least 6 dead raccoons by the side of the road. Oops! Make it 7 now. The bus is turning to the west blinding my eyes. I already turned off my laptop because I couldn’t see the screen. I’m glad I did. I feel calmer listening to my yoga teacher chanting while I write. Gallatin, Maysville…Exotic names, but my favorite so far is Tonganoxie. A flock of robins announce the next stop: Cameron. Ahead of us are 2 trailers and a State Park. My gut is still complaining once in a while. I better drink lots of water from now on. Time? It’s about 4:06pm and my Brazilian heart feels universal.

NEXT SHOW
Wednesday, November 17th at 9pm @ Conga Room
Opening for Jair Oliveira (son of legendary Brazilian singer Jair Rodrigues)
http://www.congaroom.com/?p=details&e=36557

Note: The Tonight Show experience was very cool. I sang three songs
from Sambaguru’s CD TRIBO and they aired 3 seconds of it. Hahahahahah!
I’m grateful that Rickey Minor (the band’s musical director) invited
me, and for the respect of the musicians and production crew.

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Friday, November 5th @ Nokia
Great singer/songwriter Djavan
www.braziliannites.com

MOVIE
“Raul Seixas, O Início, o Fim e o Meio” is about the famous rock
musician who changed Brazilian Rock forever. The writer Paulo Coelho
was one of his musical partners.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wssqAAOw3Gw

“Social Network” and “The Girls who kicked the Hornet’s Nest”
(Trilogy) are very cool. I highly recommend.

BRAZILIAN BOOK
1822 by Laurentino Gomes
“How a wise man, a sad princess and a money crazy Scotsman helped D.
Pedro create Brazil, a country that had everything to go wrong.” The
book is dedicated to all Brazilian history teachers. “1822” is the
year Brasil got its Independence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-HX-dZ32g (Interview in Portuguese)

HISTORY
“(…) In 1787, when Thomas Jefferson was still ambassador in Paris, a Brazilian student from the University of Montpellier called Jose Joaquim da Maia (a.k.a. Vandek) asked him a question. He wanted help from the U.S. to make a revolution in Brazil. Jefferson, who had other more urgent concerns, refused, but made sure to report the case to the State Department.”
(Quote from “1822” by Laurentino Gomes)

FOR YOU
“(…) Tentei passar um mês sem rir
Conter o instinto sexual
Falar tanto sem me repetir
Fingir que sou bom sendo mau,
Tentando descobrir o jeito
De achar o amor perfeito
Essa coisa que não há.”

I tried to spend a month without laughing
To contain my sexual instinct
To pretend that I’m good being bad,
All that to find a way
To discover the perfect love
That love that doesn’t exist.

(From a song composed by Ivan Santos talking about his love/hate
relationship with Rio de Janeiro)
http://www.ivansantos.de/

Peace and Love,
Katia : )

2010-10-04T21:18:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
OCTOBER 2010
SINCE 1998
www.katiabrazil.blogspot.com

I'll be singing with THE TONIGHT SHOW BAND on Thursday, October 14, 2010!
: )

One of my great pleasures in life is to gather fresh branches of
rosemary (Alecrim in Portuguese) from my garden, sniff, and add it to
a chicken stew. I just learned that Rosmarinus officinallis is “rose
of the sea” in Latin, and that it helps to restore blood circulation
and invigorate your digestion. In Brasil, they use it to treat asthma
and rheumatism, among other things. Ok, your caboclo friend here is
going back to the kitchen!
P.S.: Caboclo is a Brazilian of Indian or mixed Indian and white ancestry.

Performances
Saturday, October 9th at 11pm
Special guest with Brazilian singer/composer Pedro Moraes (last show
of his US tour)
@ Key Club
9039 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California
310.274.5800
www.keyclub.com
http://www.pmoraes.com/pedromoraes.cfm

Saturday, October 16 at 9pm with Samba Society
@ Roxy’s
9009 Sunset Blvd.West Hollywood, CA 90069
(310) 278-9457
Also featuring Delta Nove and Sambada
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=322249282173

Friday, October 29 with Viver Brasil Dance Company
@ Virgina G. Piper Theater - Scottsdale Center –Scottsdale, AZ
www.viverbrasil.com
Below: Viver Brasil Dance Company @ Chicago airport on its way to a showcase in Pittsburgh. Katiaana, Mario, Katia, Badaró, Cldô, Annie, Dudé, Lailah, Rachel and Evan.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The Wall Street Journal printed an article about Dilma Roussef (Labor
Party candidate for the presidency) entitled “Ex-Guerrilla on Cusp of
Power in Brazil.” We’ll be voting again on Oct. 31st to decide between
Dilma and José Serra. What a scary Halloween celebration!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704791004575520171395595534.html

BRAZILIAN MOVIES
“Children of the Amazon” by Denise Zmekhol
Trailler and awarded DVD available at: http://www.childrenoftheamazon.com/

“Jean Charles” (directed by Henrique Goldman)
Screening on Wednesday, Oct. 6th at 7:30pm
@James Bridge Theater – UCLA
Melnitz Hall 1409 (Los Angeles, CA 90005)

BOOK
“Shadow of the Wind” by Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafon .
What a book! I’m reading another one by the same writer called “Angel’s Game.”
“The Bad Girl” by Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa.

FOR YOU
“I do want to loose myself in the endless expanse, and in the open
fields, recognize yet another grain of myself, and harvest in return
the love I deserve. I do want to enter the burning cities, like a son,
like a clown, like a sultan. In the paths I trail, than, each one
shall be my brother.”
(A quote from “Zingareio,” a song by Pedro Moraes)

Zingareio comes from zíngaro that means gypsy. Here’s Chet Baker
playing Zingaro (Retrato em Preto e Branco) by Antonio Carlos Jobim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPG9_YHnWM8

Love and Peace,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART / SEPTEMBER 2010

2010-08-30T10:43:00.001-07:00

Brazilian Heart
September 2010
Since 1998
www.katiabrazil.blogspot.com

My sister had it! She is moving to a new development in Itaipuaçu in
Rio de Janeiro where the streets are not totally paved yet, but where
she will be surrounded by unspoiled Nature. Itaipuaçu is a Tupi
Guarani word that means big black stone.
This is a link to a site called Club of the Adventurers that has
beautiful pictures of the State Park Serra da Tiririca located between Itaipu and Itaipuaçu. I’m planning my next trip already!
http://www.clubedosaventureiros.com/guia-de-trilhas/65-parque-estadual-da-serra-da-tiririca-rj/750-parque-estadual-da-serra-da-tiririca

Shows
Showcases with Sambaguru @ Western Arts Alliance
Tue, Aug. 31st & Wed, Sept. 1st @ Hyatt Regency (Long Beach, CA)
http://www.westarts.org/showcase_list.php?confidx=11&action=full_list&date=2010-09-01

Thu, Sept.2nd at 7pm with Viver Brasil Dance Company
@ Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park (downtown Los Angeles)
http://www.levittla.org/en/calendar.html#september

Fri, Sept. 3rd at 8pm with Bill Brendle and Leo Costa
@ Bellavino’s Winery Bistro (Westlake Village)
http://www.bellavinowinebar.com/calendar.aspx?ShowDate=9%2f1%2f2010

Sat, Sept. 11 at 7pm with Mitchell Long
@ Grand Annex (San Pedro)
http://www.grandvision.org/calendar-details.asp?id=36

BRAZILIAN MOVIE
This is the official Trailer of “5x Favela” that just opened in Rio.
It tells 5 stories created and filmed by different young guys that
live in the slums. Brazilian filmmaker Cacá Diegues organized the
project. Check it out! : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIM-BIBeclk

AROUND LA
Sunday, Sept. 5 at 9pm @ Waterfront (Marina del Rey)
Brasilidade and Mario Sergio (formerly with Fundo de Quintal)
www.braziliannites.com
Sunday, Sept. 12 from noon to 6pm @ La Brea Tar Pits (Brazilian Day in LA organized by the Brazilian Consulate to celebrate Brasil’s Independence Day). Live music (Sambajah, Muamba, Renni Flores, Capoeira, etc.), arts and crafts, food, and much more. Free.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles/Brazilian-Day-in-LA/140998195920371?ref=ts
Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 9pm @ Zanzibar (Santa Monica)
Brasil Cultura Funk presents: Diana Booker & Krishna’s Eyedentity Cd
Release Party! Presale tickets include a free download card for the full-length
album. Just show your ticket at the door to receive the download card.
http://templebarconcepts.tickets.musictoday.com

Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7pm Olodum @ Ford Amphitheater (Hollywood)
www.braziliannites.com

MY HOMETOWN (RIO DE JANEIRO) BY AIR!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6EgrDNK8n4&feature=related

FOR YOU
“(…) A ti me exponho. Verão, sou toda fecundidade!
– O calor me penetra, o Sol me invade o senso,
e tudo em torno a mim se torna mais extenso,
tudo em que os olhos ponho:
o céu, o oceano, a mata...
E enquanto em gestação a Terra se dilata,
Dilata-se minha alma à gestação do Sonho.”

I expose myself to you. Summer, I’m all fecundity!
The heat penetrates; the sun invades the sense,
And everything around me becomes extended,
Everything that I put my eyes on:
The sky, the ocean, the greenery…
And while the Earth dilates in its gestation,
My soul dilates gestating a dream.
(Quote of a poem by Brazilian poet Gilka Machado /1893-1980)

Love and Blessings,
Katia : )

Oscar Castro-Neves & Band @ Burton Chace Park Concert Series (Abraham Laboriel, Charlie Bisharat, Walter Rodriguez, Katia Moraes, Oscar Castro-Neves, Don Grusin and Gary Meek)

Part of Samba Society @ Tropico de Nopal

Brasil Cultura Funk @ Zanzibar with Sandro Feliciano, Andre SantAnna and Krishna

BRAZILIAN HEART / AUGUST 2010

2010-08-05T17:33:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
AUGUST 2010
SINCE 1998

I’m very fond of James Taylor and Carole King’s songs and voices since my teen years. I couldn’t understand what they said then, but my heart transformed what I heard into sweetness, and that was enough for me. When I watched their DVD Live at the Troubadour my heart sang with them. Here’s what James said about his trip to Brasil in 1985:
"I had... sort of bottomed-out in a drug habit, my marriage with Carly had dissolved, and I had basically been depressed and lost for a while, " he recalled in 1995. "I sort of hit a low spot. I was asked to go down to Rio de Janeiro to play in this festival down there. We put the band together and went down and it was just an amazing response. I played to 300,000 people. They not only knew my music, they knew things about it and were interested in aspects of it that to that point had only interested me. To have that kind of validation right about then was really what I needed. It helped get me back on track. The song ‘Only a Dream in Rio’ was written in tribute to that night, with lines like I was there that very day and my heart came back alive.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TLaBSyIwPc

SAMBAGURU NEWS!
"TRIBO" will soon be released in Europe through AfriKool Entertainment in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France! And I’m happy for Kevin Ricard, Sambaguru's percussionist, who is now playing in the new Tonight Show Band! Here's Kevin on a photo by Helene.

Sunday, Aug. 8 at 4pm with SAMBAGURU
@ Concerts in the Park / Columbia Park (Torrance)
http://www.torrancelive.us/index_files/Page1200.htm
FREE
Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1T4IBMA_enUS314US223&hl=en&q=4045+190th+st,+torrance+ca&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=4045+W+190th+St,+Torrance,+CA+90504&gl=us&ei=ydtWTPqsIIL0tgPf0qnaAg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

Saturday, Aug. 14 at 5pm with Oscar Castro-Neves
@ Burton Chace Park (Marina del Rey)
http://findlocal.latimes.com/marina-del-rey/music/concert/marina-summer-concerts-burton-chace-park-marina-del-rey-concert-5
FREE

Sunday, Aug 15 at 4pm with Samba Society
@ Tropico de Nopal (Echo Park)
http://www.tropicodenopal.com/home/home.html

Sat, Aug 21 @ 7pm Katia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts
@ ARJONA’S (Long Beach)
Info: (562) 421-8605
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=PORADPKOLMZWBCIRPDQX&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6

Friday, Aug. 27 at 7pm with SAMBAGURU
@ Hollywood Farmers Market (Hollywood)
http://www.farmersmarketla.com/directions/index.html
FREE

CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN DANCE
Deborah Colker is a Rio native who has her own company since 1994. In 2009 she created and directed the latest Cirque Du Soleil’s “Ovo.” Watch the video. She’s an impressive artist.
http://www.ciadeborahcolker.com.br/en/

AROUND TOWN
Dudamel @ Hollywood Bowl on Thu, Aug. 5
With LA Phil playing Brazilian Villa-Lobos, Falla’s and Ravel.
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4255
Seu Jorge @ Club Nokia on Sat, Aug. 14
www.braziliannites.com
Grecco Buratto, Quetzal Guerrero, Muamba, and DJ Mark Maxwell
Wed, Aug 18th at 9pm @ Zanzibar (Brasil Cultura Funk)
1301 5th St. Santa Monica (5th & Arizona)
http://www.zanzibarlive.com/
Sunday, Aug 22 at 6pm @ Ford Amphitheatre
Yogananda: Avatar of the New Age. A Talk by Swami Kriyananda. It’s FREE if
you register online at:
www.anandala.org
Carla Hassett (Solo)
Mon, Aug 30 at 8pm @ Good Music Mondays in the lobby bar of the
Renaissance Hotel. Highland & Hollywood. No cover!
http://www.myspace.com/carlahassett

MOVIE (“BRASILIANTIME”)
I met musician Derf Reklaw when he joined Viver Brasil Dance Company for the premiere of ALAFIA / Harmony at Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. He told me he had traveled to São Paulo, Brasil to be part of a movie documenting Brazilian drummers meeting Djs who were influenced by Brazilian rhythms. The movie is called “Brasiliantime.” It features Wilson das Neves, Mamão, João Parahyba, among others. Check it out!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13cok_brasilintime-trailer_music
THE RUNAWAYS (Women Rock!)
(With Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart, among others)
http://therunaways.com/
Here's my band in Brasil in the 1980's!

ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT IN BRASIL
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/3117857/Barack-Obama-contests-Brazil-elections-against-Chico-Bin-Laden.html

FOR YOU
“On one occasion,
my father painted the whole house
a brilliant orange.
We lived for a long time in a house,
as he said himself,
eternally dawning.”
(By Brazilian poet Adelia Prado)

Peace, kiss and blessings,
Katia : )

2010-07-07T14:58:00.001-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
JULY 2010
SINCE 1998

When I started writing short stories last year, I thought about the books that inspired me when I was growing up. My mom collected Greek mythology stories for my sister and I, and I remember rescuing a collection of Middle East ones from the trash bin of a building where I used to live with my parents. Those stories made an impression on my view of the world. Later on, I watched Charlie Chaplin movies and thought every human being on earth should watch each one of them as part of their education.
Among the Brazilian Folk stories there is one that I’m fond of: Curupira. “This name comes from "tupi": curu,
boy, and pira, body. The Curupira is a spirit of nature and protector of the forests. It is a boy with red hairs who makes the men who wants to kill the animals confused and lost, because they follow the Caipora's footprints, but his feet are turned backwards, which means that the hunters are thinking that they are going to the place where he is going, but in fact are going to the place where he came from. It is said to be the first Brazilian legend, being told by José de Anchieta when he wrote about Indians fears.”

BRAZILIAN LEGEND: CURUPIRA (ANIMATION)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2uvjgbcMtY&feature=related

SHOWS
Sat, July 10 at 1:30pm @ Venice Eco Festival (Venice) with Brazilian
Hearts (BE PART OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION!)
http://veniceecofest.org/
Sun, July 11 at 2pm @ Jazz at the Bay (Newport Beach) with Brazilian Hearts
Thu and Fri, July 15 & 16 @ Grass Valley WorldFest (Grass Valley) with Sambaguru
www.worldfest.net
Sat, July 17 @ Osher Marin (San Rafael) with Sambaguru
http://marinjcc.org/
Sat, July 24 @ Remo Percussion Center (N. Hollywood)
Show and Recital celebrating the end of the Workshop taught to a group
of 30 kids from Taiwan.
Featuring Chalo Eduardo, CG Ryche & Katia Moraes
http://www.cgryche.com/X-treme_Percussion.htm

Thur, July 29 at 8pm @ Bellavino’s (Westlake Village) with Brazilian Hearts
http://www.bellavinowinebar.com/calendar
Sat, July 31 @ Ford Amphitheater (Hollywood) with Viver Brasil Dance Company
www.viverbrasil.com

ACCORDION IN BRASIL
The accordion (well known as Gaita in the South, fole in the
Northeast, acordeão in São Paulo, sanfona in Rio, and harmônica in
other regions) is the most important instrument of Festa Junina (Saint
John's Day) in Brasil. Check this beautiful virtuoso Brazilian
accordionist and see for yourself! Go, girl! : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz6B_3Kn04A&feature=related

EMPATHIC CIVILIZATION (Obrigada, Grecco)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

LOVE FLOWERS? A soulful artist & Carnaval costume designer!
http://www.bradaustin.com/

SOCCER CUP & MONTY PYTHON!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGSBsfq8&feature=player_embedded

FOR YOU
“Passarinho que acompanha morcego dorme de cabeça para baixo”
(Bird that hangs out with a bat sleeps upside down)

Embrace the Green Revolution.
Katia : )

2010-06-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
JUNE 2010
SINCE 1998

When I was ten years old, my family moved to a neighborhood in Rio
called Maracanã (a Tupi Guarani word meaning Green bird). We lived
right across from The Mario Filho Soccer Stadium (Maracanã) that
opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Soccer Cup. Needless to say, I
spent my teenager years surrounded by sounds and scenes related to
FUTEBOL!
Here’s a scene with Colombian goalkeeper Higuita that is considered
one of the most amazing defenses ever. Fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2exjZWsBAs&feature=related

FIFA’S World Soccer Cup (schedule of games):
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/index.html

SHOWS:
Friday, June 25 in Coto de Caza
(Fundraiser for the Q'anjob'al Maya language project and the
California State University San Marcos Linguistic Program)
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=MMGMNLCRMJTMIOGCDTHC&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6

My Birthday!! June 26th, 2010 at 9:00pm (a collection of 5 of my short stories will be available)
@ NYX CLUB
156 S. Brand Blvd. (at Harvard) Glendale, CA
Reservations: 818 545 033
http://www.clubnyx.com/index.html
With Bill Brendle, Antonio Santanna and Leo Costa.
Special guests: Andy Connell, Cristiano Novelli, Carla Hassett, Jon
Gilutin, Jack Majdecki, Tom Regis, Beto Gonzalez, Rebecca Kleinman,
Fabiano Nascimento, Andrea Ferraz, Tony Shogren, Grecco Buratto and
Viver Brasil Dance Company.

AROUND LOS ANGELES
17th Annual Brazilian Summer Festival 2010
Featuring Raça Negra with Muamba opening the night.
Sunday, June 27th at 7pm @ Ford Amphitheater (Hollywood)
www.braziliannites.com

Brazilian Singer/songwriter Joyce

Monday, June 28 @ Catalina’s (Hollywood)

http://www.catalinajazzclub.com/

VIDEO “O ESPIRITO DA COISA” (My first band in Brasil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nnAesNValk&feature=player_embedded

BRAZILIAN MUSIC HISTORY
Brazilian Music Festival Era (1967)
Elis Regina and Dori Caymmi + Sidney Miller and Nara Leão
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4Fcj-ENfU&feature=related

ANIMATED FILM “RIO”
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/20/rio-movie-trailer/

FOR YOU
“Todos os dias quando acordo, vou correndo tirar a poeira da palavra amor.”
(Every day when I wake up I run to take the dust off the word Love)
Clarice Lipsector

“You have to move beyond categories of good and bad. People are
multi-layered and you can’t judge them by blocks and association,” (By
Turkish writer Elif Shafak)

Have a soulful Summer!
Peace,
Katia : )

2010-04-30T23:22:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
MAY 2010
SINCE 1998

My cousin sent me a picture of my dad’s girlfriend the other day.
Toninho (little Anthony) is 75 years old and calls his girlfriend “my
new love.” This is the first time I hear him use these sweet words
since my mom passed away in 1984.
Life is good! (It always was!)

This is for you dad:
“To have a New Year
Which deserves that name
You, my friend, have to deserve it,
You have to make it new, I know that it's not easy,
But try, experiment, be conscious.
It's inside of you that the New Year
Has always been dormant and waiting.”
(Excerpt from a poem by Carlos Drummond de Andrade)

SHOWS:
Katia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts
May 1st at 9pm @ Nyx Club (Glendale, CA)
With Hussain Jifry on bass, Mitchell Long on guitar and Tony Shogren
on drums plus special guests!
RSVP: (818) 545 0333
http://clubnyx.com/index.html -
"(...) She never fails to entertain."
( Brick Wahl / LA Weekly)

Photo by Spencer Hill.

Fundraising Party for Viver Brasil Dance Company!
May 8 at 7:30pm @ Tropico de Nopal Art Gallery
1665 Beverly Blvd., LA, CA 90026
Honoring Luiz Badaró (Artistic Director), Tom Schnabel (KCRW) and
Rosangela Silvestre (choreographer)
Performances by Viver Brasil, Samba Society and Swing Brasil. Info:
(323) 804-1466 Tickets: $25
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=SUPSOKAICOEWJDWOYJNL&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6
www.viverbrasil.com

A Night of Brazilian Choro and Samba
With Katia Moraes & Ted Falcon
Saturday, May 15 @ The Edye
1310 11th st., Santa Monica, CA 90401
BOX OFFICE INFO: 310.434.3200
Featuring Ted Falcon on bandolim, Mitchell Long on cavaquinho, Ami
Molinelli on percussion, Colin Walker on 7-string guitar and Katia
Moraes on lead vocals
Special guest Rebecca Kleinman on flute
http://www.thebroadstage.org/index.php/259 -

Choro Night also on Sunday, May 16 at 8pm @ Soho (Santa Barbara)
Opening Act: Rebecca Kleinman

http://www.sohosb.com/

Saturday, May 22nd at 8:00pm
Katia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts
@ Bellavino (Westlake Village, CA)
http://www.bellavinowinebar.com/calendar.aspx?ShowDate=5%2f1%2f2010

Sunday, May 23 at 11am to 1pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ at Westminister School
Benefit for Venice Family clinic during The Venice Art Walk
Featuring: Mitchell Long on guitar, Antonio Santanna on bass and Leo
Costa on drums
http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/index.php?view=art_walk_auction

Samba Society
Sunday, May 23 at 4pm
@ Tropico de Nopal Art Gallery
http://www.tropicodenopal.com/home/home.html

VIDEO (MPB4 singing “Lamento” by Pixinguinha and Vinícius de Moraes in 1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azLE4zeJFyg&feature=related

HISTORY OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE:
JOSE DE ALENCAR (May 1829- 1877)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Alencar
O GUARANI (which means Great People) was his most successful book and
became an opera in 1870 by Brazilian conductor Carlos Gomes. “A
plausible explanation for this success might be in the fact that novel
spoke of freedom and independence, arguing for a native ness that
could be found in tropical Nature and in the indigenous people of
Brazil.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guarani

BRAZILIAN MOVIES:
O AMOR NATURAL
The movie is based on a book of sexy poems by one of greatest
Brazilian poets Carlos Drummond de Andrade. The book was released in
1992 after Drummond had passed away.
http://www.heddy-honigmann.nl/hhonigmann/films/o_amor_natural/index.php

O GUARANI
Directed by Norma Benguel. The movie is about the Brazilian writer
José de Alencar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_i8z4yaNu8

AROUND LOS ANGELES
BRAZILIAN CLASSES (PANDEIRO, PAGODE AND SAMBA)
May 7th and May 8th (Culver City, CA)
For details call Ana Laidley (424) 227-1483

MUAMBA & SAMBAJAH
Wednesday, May 19th @ Zanzibar (Santa Monica, CA)
http://carlamusic.com

FOR YOU
www.braziliansleepingpill.blogspot.com

Peace and kiss,
Katia : )

2010-04-02T22:58:00.001-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
April 2010
Since 1998

This picture was taken at the old Temple Bar in Santa Monica when I first celebrated my Brazilian Heart Newsletter. This year the celebration will be at Casa Arjona. Javier and Gloria Arjona had been
throwing home concerts for quite sometime now. They are both teachers, and understand the power of sharing art with people. I’ll be at their intimate and outdoor place singing and telling stories about Brazilian culture this month. Come and join us. You’ll feel like you’re on my living room!

Shows:
Saturday, April 10 at 9pm @ Nyx Club (NEW PLACE IN LA!)
156 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale 91205
Reservations: (818) 545-0333
http://clubnyx.com/index.html
With Mitchell Long, Tony Shogren and Special Guests
"On Saturday the exquisite Kátia Moraes will do a mix of storytelling (she is a wonderful short story writer) and Brazilian singing with a band at a new French place called Nyx (156 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale 818/545-0333). She never fails to entertain." (Brick Wahl for LA Weekly)

Saturday, April 17 at 7pm @ Casa Arjona
4515 E. Harvey Way, Long Beach, CA 90808
RSVP: arjona@usca.edu OR (562) 421-8605
Featuring Mitchell Long on guitar and Cristiano Novelli on percussion
(the picture below was taken at World Music Fest in Chico, CA)
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=DHNBRTRXAIYKUXGOMOSY&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6

Monday, April 26 at 8pm @ Hotel Angeleno
Sunset and 405 fwy (Brentwood, CA)
Featuring Ryan Cross on bass, Lorca Hart on drums and Bill Brendle on
piano plus special guests. Free

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Caetano Veloso LIVE!
April 15 at 7:30pm @ Greek Theatre
www.braziliannites.com

BRAZILIAN MUSIC HISTORY (CHORO)
Benedito Lacerda (1903-1958) and Pixinguinha are key names in the development of Choro music in Brasil. I used to sing a song called “Lapa” (B Lacerda/H. Martins) with a choir called Coro Cabeludo when Circo Voador moved from Arpoador to the Arcos da Lapa (an old acqueduct built in 1745 in downtown Rio). Here’s Pixinguinha playing Carinhoso (1917) with Benedito Lacerda on
flute plus Regional Group:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyU1wEkyf28
This is also precious. Benedito Lacerda’s waltz “Boneca” played during summertime… Enjoy the vibe! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZZ2cEZsvQ

TOUR OF LAPA IN RIO DE JANEIRO!
http://www.ipanema.com/pictours/lapa.htm

REMINISCING
My friend and events producer Denise Prado from São Paulo sent me this link to a video of my old band in Brasil called O Espírito da Coisa. We were taping for a TV Globo program called Mixto Quente. Since it was in the middle of summer, the band decided to perform wearing bathing suits. Great decision! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ypP7oG3UU

3RD ANNUAL LOS ANGELES BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 6:00pm through Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 9:00pm
@ Landmark Theatre in West Los Angeles

PURE BRAZILIAN POETRY
Chico Buarque explaining his composition called Future Lover, plus its video with beautiful scenes of Rio! God bless me with the same inspiration! Enjoy : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59P64-TtOKY

FOR YOU
Watching Gilberto Gil at the Royce Hall reminded me of places I’ve been in my life. Not physical places, but places where the senses took me by the hand and guided me to beautiful insights and taught me lessons. The show was priceless for some, remarkable to others, and it was heavenly to me. Gil, with his silver hair had Nobility written on his forehead. I was honored and blessed to be there.
Jacques Morelembaum who was playing cello with him sent Patricia Leão a message saying their production work in LA was the best in the United States. Great job, Pat and Beto from Brazilian Nites
Productions! Enjoy the video with Gil singing Bob Marley’s song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHZNWRs516k

Peace and Love,
Katia : )
www.katiabrazil.blogspot.com

2010-03-23T20:04:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART @ NEW JAZZ SPOT!

Brazilian Style Spring Celebration

Katia Moraes & Trio
Featuring Mitchell Long on guitar

Hussain Jiffry on bass

Tony Shogren on drums

Saturday, March 27

From 10pm to 1am

@ Club Nyx

156 S Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA 91205,
Reservations: 818 545 0333
http://www.clubnyx.com/index.html

BRAZILIAN HEART

2010-03-02T16:40:00.000-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
MARCH 2010
SINCE 1998

Once in awhile I hear songs that bring me back memories of my childhood. That’s exactly what happened when my friend and musicologist Beto Gonzalez introduced me to Samba Society’s repertoire. Among the songs there is “Casinha da Marambaia” (Marambaia’s Little House) that I’ll be singing at Shoenberg Hall in UCLA on march 6th. The song was composed by Henricão and Rubens Campo, both from Rio de Janeiro, and was recorded by almost every major singer in Brasil.

Marambaia is a thin peninsula coming off the southwest end of the Rio de Janeiro area and is a property of the Brazilian Navy. Yes, this means Restinga da Marambaia is one of the rare places in Rio where Nature is still untouched.

Here’s a link to a video of Henricão singing Marambaia at a TV Program in 1973.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDuDp-N0TMM&feature=related

SAMBAGURU’S NEW ADDED CONCERT DATES & NEWS:
Grass Valley World Fest July 15 & 16
San Rafael July 17
Sambaguru's song TRIBO GANDHISTA will soon to be released on a compilation called "Diaspora 4 Africa Vol. 3” in Germany and many other European countries.
www.sambaguru.com

SHOWS & More:
Spring workshop: SAMBA AND BEYOND: BRAZILIAN HEART DANCE, Age 15-Adult Introduction to Brazilian Culture through movement. Learn the essential steps used in Carnival and more! Bring water and a towel. Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30pm 3/24-5/19@ Borchard Community Center (Newbury Park, CA)

Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8pm
Special guest with Samba Society
@ Schoenberg Hall, 1100 Schoenberg Music Building
A Night of Brazilian and Arab Music
http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/events/showevent.asp?eventid=7862
Samba Society is primarily dedicated to the partido alto and samba de terreiro popularized by Rio’s “Old Guard” of urban samba. The group’s repertoire features renditions of vintage sambas reminiscent of classic recordings from the 1970s.
www.katiamoraes.com

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Muamba @ Zanzibar (1301 5th St. at Arizona, Santa Monica, CA)
Sunday, March 7 (also featuring Andre Belle and Kandace Lindsey)

Gilberto Gil: The String Quartet @ Royce Hall (UCLA)
Featuring Jacques Morelembaum and Bem Gil
Saturday, March 20 (I’ll be there!!)
http://www.braziliannites.com/

TED X Conejo
@ Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza from 8am to 4:30pm
TED is one of the most exciting sites in the Internet. I was very happy when I found out I could watch some of its lectures for free during my flight to Houston with Virgin America this past February.
Check this link and found out what I’m talking about.
http://www.tedxconejo.com/www.tedxconejo.com/Welcome.html

FOR YOU
One of my favorite singers from Brasil singing “Coisa da Antiga”: Clara Nunes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvUzPiQkKXw

“Disse afinal que o que é de verdade ninguém mais hoje liga, Isso é coisa da antiga…”
(At the end she said that nobody cares about what’s true these days, they call truth ‘a thing of the past’)
Quote from “Coisa da Antiga” by Wilson Moreira and Nei Lopes

Have a beautiful Primavera (Spring)!
Peace
Katia : )
P.S. : www.braziliansleepingpill.blogspot.com
(a story before going to bed?)

Photo: Myself at 15 with Luciane and Marquinhos on bandolim.

SAMBAGURU BACK FROM APAP & MUCH MORE!

2010-01-13T14:21:00.000-08:00

Booking: Cadence Arts Network, Inc.

310.838.0849, rachel@cadencearts.com

www.cadencearts.com

SAMBAGURU at SOB'S (Sounds of Brazil in NY) dressing room. From left: Kevin Ricard, Bill Brendle, Hussain Jiffry, Pepito Gomez (our guest from Cuba), me, Mitchell Long, our friend JP singing on the back, Tony Shogren, and our new friend Alex.

We had the honor of having the presence of actress and activist Ruby Dee, Ms. Shabazz & family (Malcolm X's daughter), writer M D Johnson, composer Tom Myron and is daughter, Gail Zezerman, Eslovenian composer and conductor Rok Golob, presenters at APAP, and many other friends from the East coast. Obrigada for your warm welcome. : )
New York is cool, I agree, but I wouldn’t live there; living close to the mountains, ocean, with clean air and sunshine for the most part of the year keeps insanity away! The first time I visited NY I stayed at a friend’s apartment in Soho; yes, the bathtub was right beside the fridge! This time Sambaguru stayed at a hotel at 49th St. between 7th and 8th Ave, close to Times Square and to the New York Hilton, were the APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Conference took place. Visiting St. Patrick’s Cathedral again reminded me of a smaller church I couldn’t find this time. Across the street from the hotel was St. Malachy’s Church where lots of artists used to go. I prayed for a good showcase and show. "Namastê," I heard back.

MORE GOOD NEWS:
Sambaguru's song TRIBO GANDHISTA will soon to be released on a compilation called "Diaspora 4 Africa Vol. 3 in Germany and many other European countries.
Listen to TRIBO: www.sambaguru.com
Booking: www.cadencearts.com

SHOWS
Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm
With Sambaguru
@ Jazz at the Radisson
Culver City, CA
Reservations: (310) 649-1776
http://www.in-housemusic.com/radisson_calendar.htm

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 8pm and 10pm
With Sambaguru
@ SPAZIO'S
Sherman Oaks, CA
Reservations: (818) 728-8400
http://www.spazio.la/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.cgi

Friday, February 12 - Brazilian Carnaval
With Pure Samba
@ KAHLUA CLUB
Houston, TX
http://www.myspace.com/brazilianeventshouston

Saturday, February 20th from 12 noon to 2pm
Celebrate Carnaval Workshop (Dance & Beyond with Katia Moraes)
@ Pulse Drumming (Ventura, CA)
www.pulsedrumming.com

CARNAVAL MOOD
My favorite Samba School in Rio: MANGUEIRA! Listen the 2010 song theme and watch the video of their community. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-yi4eGFDGM&feature=player_embedded

MOVIE
"O HOMEM QUE ENGARRAFAVA NUVENS," Documentary about Brazilian lyricist Humberto Teixeira who formed a historic partnership with Luis Gonzaga (The King of Baião)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GJYE4FUD54

AROUND LA
Carnaval in Los Angeles (Feb. 20th) @Nokia Club
www.braziliannites.com
Carnaval in Santa Barbara (Feb. 19th, 20th & 21st)
www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com

BRAZILIAN NORTHEASTERN HERITAGE (SANFONICA/ACCORDEON ORQUESTRA FROM ARACAJU)
I wish I could join this band; check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsEHHrfqnlM

MY NEW STORY JUST PUBLISHED: "GETTING RID OF GUILT"
http://www.more.com/4879/10508-helping-friends-heal

INTO ASTRONOMY? (STARRY NIGHT IN BRASIL)

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090509.html

BRAZILIAN HISTORY (Carnaval in 1955)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmmel1WrXXE&feature=fvw

FOR YOU
"To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday the sky would be emptied, but by then the earth would be a constellation of musical scores"
(Quote by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis)

Happy Carnaval Season!
Peace,
Katia : )

2010-01-01T22:15:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Feliz Ano Novo!

Sambaguru and I will be in NY for a showcase at APAP @ Hilton Hotel on January 8th at 6:45pm and for a show at SOB'S on January 9th at 8:30pm and 11pm. Join us!

Let my Brazilian Heart music bring you joy!

Musical Blessings!

www.sambaguru.com

SAMBAGURU'S NEW YORK DEBUT

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010

@ SOB'S

BRAZILIAN HEART/ SPECIAL EXPRESS!

2009-12-26T17:52:00.000-08:00

NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SAMBAGURU!

@ South Coast Winery (Temecula, CA)
http://www.jazzandblues.org/features/2009/rhythmOnTheVineNewYears/

BRAZILIAN HEART / DECEMBER 2009

2009-12-01T21:17:00.000-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART

DECEMBER 2009

SINCE 1998

Just arrived from Guadalajara where I sang with Viver Brasil Dance Co. at Feria del Libro. This year the International Book Fair was honoring the city of Los Angeles. The Fair attracts an incredible

amount of young people who are hungry for Culture. They were amazingly warmth. The organizers offered performances all over town presenting French, Middle East, African, Indian, Hawaian, Brazilian, and Spanish artists. The Festival of Sacred Music Team treated us beautifully ending our stay with a tour of the city, and a dinner with a margarita included!

If you ever go to Guadalajara, please visit the Palacio del Gubierno to see the Orozco's Murals! It's amazing.

Below, you'll find a list of Brazilian theme gifts I made for you, and a story by Rumi that I want to share. Let me know what you think.

Enjoy. : )

SHOWS:

Sambaguru on December 31st, 2009

@ South Coast Winery (Temecula, CA)

http://www.jazzandblues.org/features/2009/rhythmOnTheVineNewYears/

Sambaguru on January 9th, 2010

@ SOB (NY)
http://sobs.com/node/89

CHRISTMAS GIFT RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. PAULO COELHO’S Biography by Fernando Morais.

I met Paulo Coelho in Rio when my band played at his wife’s birthday party in Copacabana. One day he visited the apartment I used to live with my partner, and we exchanged books. He got my book about the Middle Ages (he had not written The Alchesmist yet.)

The Brazilian writer Fernando Morais wrote another book called “Olga,” that I recommend as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Paulo-Coelho-Warriors-Authorized-Biography/dp/0061718882

2. LULA MARCONDES paintings, drawings, etc. Lula is from Recife,

Pernambuco, and I met him through Global Crest, a company created by Christi Pemberton and based in North Carolina that did a presentation with Sambaguru’s music. His pieces make me smile.

http://www.amazon.com/Paulo-Coelho-Warriors-Authorized-Biography/dp/0061718882

3. TRIBO, Sambaguru’s new CD. We are very proud of this new one. Special guests include: Oscar Castro-Neves, Paul Jackson Jr,, Justo Almario, Siedah Garrett (lyricist),The Vine Street Horns, and more. TRIBO appeared in the preliminary list for the Grammy 2009. Our previous CD, Navegar ao Sol, was also in the preliminary list.) Digstation.com is a great site to purchase from, and treats us with respect. Enjoy the video below!

http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000026953

4. If you’re crazy about T-SHIRTS and Brasil, try these 2 sites:

http://shop.cafepress.com/brazilian-t'?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=seo--seo+-+general+apparel+-+us&utm_term=brazilian+t'+merchandise&utm_content=search-b&cmp=knc--g--us--seo--genapp_--b--brazilian_t'&gclid=CPnA_PP1tp4CFRQpawod3GVYmw

http://www.zazzle.com/brazil+gifts

5. BRAZILIAN FILMS

http://www.brazilianfilms.com/cgi-bin/virtualdistrib/perlshop.cgi?ACTION=ENTER%20SHOP&thispage=_1loja.html&ORDER_ID=%21ORDERID%21&LANG=english&CUR=dollar

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Brazilian-movies/lm/RT9PLOZ1U0IXR

6. PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK

My friend Jorge Vismara has 2 beautiful books: “The Gift of Water”

with Viver Brasil Dance Co, and “Amazon River.” Check it out!

http://jorgevismara.net/books.html

7. BRAZILIAN BIKINI

Sometimes girls ask me about the Brazilian “cut.” Ok, here it is.

http://www.hotfrombrazil.com/

8. EYES OF A CHILD – DONATE

Antonio Covarrubia invited me to sing at one of his fundraisings this

year. It was an honor. Please, donate if you can.

http://www.eyesofachildusa.org/dream.html

9. YOGA UNVEILED

After watching this movie I realized how much more is to be learned. I’ve been doing Yoga for a long time (Hatha in Brasil, Bikran style here in Los Angeles, and now Kundalini)

http://www.yogaunveiled.com/

10. SKIN PRODUCTS

I found them at BRAZZIL magazine online.

http://www.amazondrops.com/

FOR YOU

JESUS ON THE LEAN DONKEY (By Rumi)

Jesus on the lean donkey,

This is an emblem of how the rational intellect

Should control the animal-soul.

Let your spirit be strong like Jesus.

If that part becomes weak,

Then the worn-out donkey grows to a dragon.

Be grateful when what seems unkind comes from a wise person.

Once, a holy man, riding his donkey, saw a snake crawling into

a sleeping man’s mouth! He hurried, but he couldn’t

Prevent it. He hit the man several blows with his club.

The man woke terrified and ran beneath an apple tree

with many rotten apples on the ground.

“Eat! You miserable wretch! Eat”

“Why are you doing his to me?”

“Eat more you fool.”

“I’ve never seen you before!

Who are you? Do you have some inner quarrel with your soul?”

The wise man kept forcing him to eat, and then he ran him.

For hours he whipped the poor man and made him run.

Finally, at nightfall, full of rotten apples,

Fatigued, bleeding, he fell and vomited everything,

the good and the bad, the apples and the snake.

When he saw that ugly snake come out of himself, he fell on his knees

before his assailant.

“Are you Gabriel? Are you God?

I bless the moment you first noticed me. I was dead

and didn’t know it. You’ve given me a new life.

Everything I’ve said to you was stupid!

I didn’t know.”

“If I had explained what I was doing,

you might have panicked and died of fear.

Muhammad said,

“If I described the enemy that lives inside men, even the most

courageous would be paralyzed. No one would go out, or do any work. No

one would pray or fast, and all power to change would fade from human

beings,’ so I kept quiet while I was beating you, that like David I

might shape iron, so that, impossibly, I might put feathers back into

a bird’s wing.

God’s silence is necessary, because of humankind’s faintheartedness.

If I had told you about the snake, you wouldn’t have been able to eat, and if you hadn’t eaten, you wouldn’t have vomited.

I saw your condition and drove my donkey hard into the middle of it,

saying always under my breath, “Lord, make it easy on him.” I wasn’t

permitted to tell you, and I wasn’t permitted to stop beating you!”

The healed man, still kneeling, “I have no way to thank you for the

quickness of your wisdom and the strength of your guidance.

God will thank you.”

FELIZ NATAL & FELIZ ANO NOVO!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Katia : )))

2009-11-02T22:17:00.001-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART

NOVEMBER 2009

SINCE 1998

For me Halloween is a mix of Brazilian Carnaval and São Cosme e São Damião Day. Everybody knows what Carnaval is all about, but few people knows what São Cosme e São Damião is. September 27 in Brasil is considered the Day of Saint Cosme and Saint Damião, the twin brothers who protects children (pharmacists and doctors as well.) On that day people distribute candy to the kids and food to the poor. In Bahia, they are called “orixás Ibeji.” The legend says they were born in Arabia of Christian parents on the V Century. They were healers who ended up persecuted and killed accused of witchcraft.

SHOWS:

Tuesday, November 10

With Oscar Castro-Neves

@ AT&T Performing Arts Center (Dallas, TX)

http://www.dallasperformingarts.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=4984

Saturday, November 28 at 8pm

With Viver Brasil

@ Japan America Theatre

Also featuring Shakti Dance Cia and Halau Keali’I O Nalani

Presented by World Festival of Sacred Music

www.wac.ucla.edu/cip

THE QUEEN OF BRAZILIAN THEATER

The Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro turned 80 years old this last October. On her birthday, the editor in chief of one of the biggest newspapers in Brasil ( O Globo ) asked her to choose and edit all the articles of the Section B (Arts) of the paper. It was a present to her and to Brasil.

If you don’t know her work, here’s a link to her interview with David Letterman when she as nominated for Best Actress for “Central Station” (1998 movie directed by Walter Salles.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kc67K_-e7M

BRAZILIAN POETRY

In 1987 Fernanda Montenegro brought to the stage “Dona Doida” (Miss Crazy,) a stage play with texts by Brazilian poet Adelia Prado.

Here’s a poem called Lesson from “Bagagem” (Baggage) translated by Ellen Watson. I still have this book that a sweet poet friend gave me in Rio. Enjoy.

“It was a shadowy yard, walled high with stones.

The trees held early apples, dark

Wine-colored skin, the perfected flavor of things

Ripe before their time.

Clay jugs sat alongside the wall.

I ate apples and sipped the purest water,

Knowing the outside world had stopped dead from heat:

Then my father appeared and tweaked my nose,

And he wasn’t sick and hadn’t died either;

That’s why he was laughing, blood

Stirring in his face again,

He was hunting for ways to spend this happiness:

Where’s my chisel, my fishing pole,

What happened to my snuffbox, my coffee cup?

I always dream something’s taking shape,

Nothing is ever dead.

What seems to have died fertilizes.

What seems motionless waits.”

http://books.google.com/books?id=aJ_vcxsI-1YC&pg=PR10&lpg=PR10&dq=Fernanda+Montenegro,+Adélia+Prado&source=bl&ots=TMp9pUOaHy&sig=XO3jpuSL3hVOpCiJfv46JaULJwE&hl=en&ei=3cLvSrnqK4_qsQPcsZmFBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Peace,

Katia : )

2009-11-02T22:11:00.000-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART

NOVEMBER 2009

SINCE 1998

SHOWS:

Tuesday, November 10

With Oscar Castro-Neves

@ AT&T Performing Arts Center (Dallas, TX)

http://www.dallasperformingarts.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=4984

Saturday, November 28 at 8pm

With Viver Brasil

@ Japan America Theatre

Also featuring Shakti Dance Cia and Halau Keali’I O Nalani

Presented by World Festival of Sacred Music

www.wac.ucla.edu/cip

THE QUEEN OF BRAZILIAN THEATER

If you don’t know her work, here’s a link to her interview with David Letterman when she as nominated for Best Actress for “Central Station” (1998 movie directed by Walter Salles.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kc67K_-e7M

BRAZILIAN POETRY

In 1987 Fernanda Montenegro brought to the stage “Dona Doida” (Miss Crazy,) a stage play with texts by Brazilian poet Adelia Prado.

Here’s a poem called Lesson from “Bagagem” (Baggage) translated by Ellen Watson. I still have this book that a sweet poet friend gave me in Rio. Enjoy.

“It was a shadowy yard, walled high with stones.

The trees held early apples, dark

Wine-colored skin, the perfected flavor of things

Ripe before their time.

Clay jugs sat alongside the wall.

I ate apples and sipped the purest water,

Knowing the outside world had stopped dead from heat:

Then my father appeared and tweaked my nose,

And he wasn’t sick and hadn’t died either;

That’s why he was laughing, blood

Stirring in his face again,

He was hunting for ways to spend this happiness:

Where’s my chisel, my fishing pole,

What happened to my snuffbox, my coffee cup?

I always dream something’s taking shape,

Nothing is ever dead.

What seems to have died fertilizes.

What seems motionless waits.”

Peace,

Katia : )

TRIBO ON GRAMMY'S NOMINATING BALLOT!

2009-10-05T16:07:00.001-07:00

TRIBO, my new recording with Sambaguru, is on the Nominating ballot for the GRAMMY(Best Contemporary World Music Album Category!) www.sambaguru.com

I’m grateful. More Magazine online published another story I wrote. This time is non-fiction one about my first trip to the United States (to be continued, of course.)

http://www.more.com/2009/7994-samba-star-comes-to-l-a-

The picture above was taken at Chico World Music Festival. Here’s the quote Dan Dwayne, director of CUS Chico wrote about the performance.: “Katia wowed the Chico World Music Festival with her incredible voice, limitless energy, and an honest commitment to sharing the poweR of samba with the audience. Multiple standing ovations and smiles galore were followed by a rush to the CD table for her music.”

Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympics 2016!! Check it out the Master Plan for it! (In 2014 the World Soccer Cup will be in Brasil)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCoqZNesnM

SHOW

Saturday, October 17

Fundraising for Eyes of a Child USA

http://www.eyesofachildusa.org/index.htm

“Eyes of a Child” is dedicated to providing emergency and long- term aid to children in desperate need throughout the world, including the United States, by building charitable capital and making philanthropic grants to individuals, families and worthy humanitarian organizations.

THEATRE

Latina on the Loose with Mina Olivera at LATC (downtown LA)

http://thelatc.org/?m=20091002&cat=4

BRASIL 1967

The song “Roda Viva” was composed in 1967 by Chico Buarque for his first attempt as a playwright. The play is about a singer called Benedito Silva who changes his name to Ben Silver to please his audience. According to the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, the members of the group Command of Communist Hunting were responsible for the invasion of the Ruth Escobar Theatre in São Paulo on July 18, 1968, where they beat the cast members of Chico Buarque's play Roda Viva. Buarque was forced to flee the country at that time. He went to live in Italy for 18 months. http://www.youtube.com/user/katiamoraes#play/all/favorites-all/0/Clv5-Q4Dqw8

SHOWS AROUND LA

October 9 @ Ford Amphitheater

KPFK 90.7FM Fundraising

http://www.kpfk.org/

October 24 @ Royce Hall (UCLA)

Gal Costa & Oscar Catro-Neves

http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=681

YOU TUBE

A Little bit of the Brazilian scene in LA in 1994.

http://www.youtube.com/user/katiamoraes#play/all/favorites-all/0/Clv5-Q4Dqw8

FOR YOU

Brazilian poet, lyricist, diplomat Vinicius de Moraes wrote a poem to Manuel Bandeira (my childhood favorite):

“Lucid, tall and ascetic brother

Of a sad and clear heart

What dream you dream alone

Poet, father, harsh brother?”

And Manuel answered Vinicius with a poem in 1948:

“What dream? I don’t quite know.

Maybe to be at easy with myself, happy

Happy like I never was!

Pulling from the roots

This endless and futile craving

To possess what possesses me.”

Peace. Always.

Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART / SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-08-31T16:39:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
SEPTEMBER 2009
SINCE 1998

I was having a conversation with my friend Dilma Barros from Cabo Verde about how we grew up distrusting policemen in our countries. The chat started when we met two nice American policemen at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles before my performance. During the show the musicians noticed how one policeman gently pulled a drunk guy from the dance floor (where kids were having fun) and brought him aside. When the policemen left we congratulated them. As they were leaving on their “earthy conscious politically correct” bikes, one of them told me he had given my phone number to the drunk guy. (Check pic below)

CREATIVE WRITING
MORE magazine accepted and published my first short story. Check it out! And leave a comment! : )
http://www.more.com/4879/7234-tale-of-a-city-sleeker

TRIBO
Tune in to Tom Schnabel's program at KCRW this Sunday, Sept. 6 from 12noon to 2pm. He'll be playing music from my new CD with Sambaguru called TRIBO.

BRAZILIAN COMMERCIAL
This 1978 commercial got an award at Cannes Fest. I love this Blue Man!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXx_SKLe3k

SEPTEMBER: BRASIL’S INDEPENDENCE MONTH
Saturday, September 12 from 1pm to 2pm
Brazilian Heart Dance
Introduction to Brazilian Culture Thru Movement
@ Newbury Park Athletic Club
161 N. Reino Rd., Newbury Park, CA 91320
(805) 499-0023
http://www.npathleticclub.com/

Saturday, September 12 from 12 noon to 6 pm
@ La Brea Tarpits (Hancock Park)
5801 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036
Food, crafts and live music. Free Admission
http://www.brazilian-consulate.org/files.php?id=95

Fri, Sat, Sun, Sept 11, 12 & 13
@ Hollywood Bowl
Blame it On Rio/ Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
with Seu Jorge and Bebel

Saturday, September 19 @ 12 noon and 2pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ Chico World Music Festival (Chico)
http://www.csuchico.edu/upe/performance/cwmf.html

Friday, September 25
Viver Brasil Dance Company
@ MOOLA (Museum of Latin America/ Long Beach)

BOBBY MCFERRIN PLAYING WITH YOUR BRAIN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBJ7mBxi8LM

MOVIE (“Walt & El Grupo”)
Went to the film screening and thought it was very interesting. James Stemple did a great job with the music. Check it out. Walt Disney on a goodwill trip to South America in 1941. Let me know what you think.
Opening in Los Angeles @The Landmark Regent (Westwood) on September 11th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmwqA0KNmfk

THEATRE
“Latina on The Loose” @ LATC opens on September 25.

BRAZILIAN SCIE-FI
Believe or not this 1926 book by Montero Lobato talks about a U.S. election determined by race and gender. Check this out.
http://www.slate.com/id/2200417/

FOR YOU
I don’t hope my writing will alter anything… In the end, we don’t want to alter things, we want to bloom one way or another.
Quote by Brazilian writer Clarice Lipector

Peace,
Katia: )

BRAZILIAN HEART/ AUGUST 2009

2009-07-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
August 2009
Since 1998

My husband and I moved to a beautiful home. We’re SO grateful. I feel we’re living in our own bed & breakfast on the countryside… We’re surrounded by hiking trails and close to the ocean. This morning I caught a smell of CARQUEJA in the air when I was hiking in the mountains. It transported me to the Friburgo Mountains outside of Rio where I used to pick this plant by the road to make a tea. It’s bitter but good for the liver.
http://www.amazonbioenergetics.com/reports-carqueja-drapeau.htm

Let me share a very cool quote from Brick Wahl from LA Weekly: “(...) But there ain’t a Brazilian singer in town who is as irresistible as Katia Moraes. Crowds go nuts when she performs. The energy, the charisma, the sheer joy of Brazilian music just fills a space. Her Sambaguru is a sharp band, too. They’ll probably be mining their latest, Tribo (she’s yet to record a clinker) and Culver City will be rocking Rio-style when they hit the stage in front of City Hall on Thursday night."

And a review of Sambaguru’s CD TRIBO from a guy in Netherlands: http://www.djscurio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=4

Performances:
Thursday, Aug. 13 with The Latin Project @ Zanzibar http://www.zanzibarlive.com
(Santa Monica)
Saturday, Aug. 22 with Mitchell Long http://www.rhythmjazzations.com/ (Malibu)
Aug. 29 with Duo @ http://www.theseabirdjazzlounge.com/ (Long Becah)
A little preview of my Duo project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbUljUtQGs

DOCUMENTARY
BEFORE MUSIC DIES  It’s a must see! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-856606244008931882

BEYOND IPANEMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccpmNkRSRH4

PURE MUSIC POETRY! (Join me on Facebook)
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=132682469898&ref=mf

BRAZILIAN POET PAULO LEMINSKI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Leminski

“When I look in the eys
I know when a person
Is inside
Or outside

Whoever is outside
Doesn’t hold
A look that lingers

From within my center
This poem looks at me”

WONDERS
Have you ever asked yourself why time passes slowly when you're a kid and faster when you're an adult?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6926500.stm

BOOK
A friend sent me a gift last month: a book entitled The Upanishads (one of the old spiritual scriptures from India). Now I’m reading “The Essence of the BHAGAVAD GITA: Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda, As Remembered by His Disciple, Swami Kriyananda…”

MUSIC
BRAZILIAN GUITARIST/SINGER RAUL SEIXAS singing GITA (Seixas/Paulo Coelho)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is-zWk5awSA
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial.”
(Henry David Thoreau)

FOR YOU
Por que você me pergunta? 
Why do you ask me?
Perguntas não vão lhe mostrar 
Questions won’t show you
Que eu sou feito da terra 
That I am made of the earth,
Do fogo, da água e do ar
Of the fire, of the water and of the air.
(Excerpt of GITA by R. Seixas/P.Coelho)

Beijo, peace and Namastê,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART/ JUNE 2009

2009-06-27T11:58:00.000-07:00

I watched the Jackson 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when I was a little girl. It was love at first sight! Later, when I moved to Los Angeles, I had the honor to sing on a event put together by MTV called "Dinner with Michael Jackson". MTV chose people from all over the world to come to LA and meet him. It took place on a big tent close to Palm Springs right beside the set where he was filming a video. I have to admit that I was shocked when I saw his face, but my love for his artistry was and is big than the visual surprise. He was a big inspiration in my artistic life. It was bittersweet to celebrate my birthday on the day he passed away.

Love always, Katia Moraes : )

Deepak Chopra's Tribute to Michael Jackson (Beautiful):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/a-tribute-to-my-friend-mi_b_221268.html

BRAZILIAN HEART/ MAY 2009

2009-05-02T19:31:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
MAY 2009
SINCE 1998

Just came back from Florida where I was visiting a couple of friends in the Gulf Coast area. The air made me feel I was in Brasil…warm breezes, warm waters… I drove around the small and rich community of Casey Key with my husband and counted 30 homes for sale. Things are changing (things are always changing)…for a better and more balanced future. Hiked a lot, biked a lot, tanned my skin the way I love, and wrote lyrics for a ballad. In it I mentioned the gardenias and jasmines, the waves, the sun that rises everyday to warm us all.
I saw sandhill cranes (cool singing,) ibises, herons, pelicans, egrets, red cardinals, rabbits, gopher and soft shell tortoises and lots of lizards. Visited the Legacy Trail and saw an old picture of a “color school.” The old rail company had a school for their black workers… This reminds me of Obama’s voice reading the book he wrote about his father. Have you read or heard? No? Try. What a beautiful human being he is.
LISTEN to a sandhill crane! http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sandhill_Crane/id

SHOWS
Friday, May 15 at 9pm @ SPAZIO (Sherman Oaks)
With SAMBAGURU
http://www.spazio.la/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.cgi
To download the new CD TRIBO:
http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000026953

Saturday, May 9 @ Senzala (Sunnyvale) special guest with Phil Hawkins Band

Saturday, May 16 and 23 at 11pm @ LIMA Lounge (Tarzana)
With PURE SAMBA (The Brazilian Hangout!)
www.braziliannites.com

Saturday, May 30 @ HEINEKEN JAZZ FESTIVAL
(San Juan, Puerto Rico)
With OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES
http://www.prheinekenjazz.com/

DANCE
Viver Brasil Dance Company Audition is seeking two male dancers and 1 female dancer for the upcoming ’09 – ’10 Season
Thursday, May 7, from 7:30-9:30pm
@ Lula Washington Dance Theatre Studio, Studio B,
3773 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016
www.viverbrasil.com

PANTANAL: THE LARGEST WETLAND IN THE WORLD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIVcBZG9eAk&feature=related

THEATRE (Brazilian AUGUSTO BOAL dies, but lives!)
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/6/3/famed_brazilian_artist_augusto_boal_on

"Shakespeare used to say—not used to say, but he said in Hamlet that the theater should be and is like a mirror in which we look at the mirror and then we see our vices and our virtues. I think that’s very nice, but I would like to have a mirror with some magic properties in which we could—if we don’t like the image that we have in front of us to allow us to penetrate into that mirror and then transform our image and then come back with our image transformed. The act of transforming, I always say, transforms she or he who acts. So to use the theater as a rehearsal for transformation of reality."

BRASIL REJUVENATION ARTS RETREAT
With Micheline Berry from May 9th thru May 20th
http://www.zendancing.com/cgi-bin/miva?Order/order.mv+

FOR YOU
“ (…) If the cultivated fields of this world are too hard
And the soils destroyed by war don’t produce peace
Tie your plough to a star
and you’ll be the crazy farmer of the stars
The free countryman  of the skies,
And the further you get from the earth
The further you’ll be from God”
(Quote from the song Tie Your Plough to a Star by Brazilian composer and singer Gilberto Gil)

“ You will not bee punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. “ (Buddha)

Peace and Namastê
Katia : ))

Brazilian Heart/ April 2009

2009-03-22T12:56:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
April 2009
Since 1998

SHOWS (CELEBRATING SPRING WITH JOY)
Every Saturday starting April 4th! @ Lima Lounge!
BRAZILIAN NITES with a LATIN FLAVOR
Learn to Samba with Diane, Show with Katia Moraes & Pure Samba, Caipirinhas, guarana, coconut water... enjoy a true Brazilian atmosphere!
Saturday, April 4 from 9:30pm to 2am
19540 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA
(818) 566-1111
www.braziliannites.com

UPDATE SAMBAGURU
"Everyday" - directed by Richard Levine (Nip & Tuck) will have a scene featuring our song "Pra Tocar Pandeiro" (Sambaguru).
The film stars Helen Hunt and Liev Schreiber, along with a notably eclectic cast. It is currently in post-production (editing). The release date has yet to be announced, but the buzz is already strong!
The film version of the song is on the CD "Live" by Sambaguru.
The studio version is on "Navegar ao Sol".
www.sambaguru.com

GRATITUDE (GRATIDÃO)
finally got a picture of my mom and I when I was a baby. It was taken when she was bathing me in this big steel bowl. We are both smiling and looking at the camera. Yesterday I blew up a copy of it, framed it and put on top of my desk beside my laptop. This morning I got an email from Michelle Burns from New Jersey. She has an autistic child called Danson and together they wrote a book. Danson, who is 9 years old now, wrote 50 poems using an alphabet board to express his feelings. After reading her Blog I breathed deeply, looked at the beautiful picture beside my computer and felt completely grateful.
April is Autism Month. Take a minute to read her story, learn, buy the book if you can, and be grateful.
http://www.dansonsbook.com/dansonsblog/

AROUND LOS ANGELES
This exhibit runs until May 29 @ Brazilian Mall
The Brazilian Consulate Gallery is celebrating PRIMAVERA (Spring) with Art featuring: Ana Paula Negrão, Andréa Nantes, Bia Gayotto, Bruna Massadas, Eunice Broderick, Flavia Monteiro, Marcelo Moreira, Noeli Zanon, Marcia Brito, Olavo Multini, Rose Lobo and Sandra Zebi on Friday, March 27 @ Brazilian Mall 10826 Venice Blvd., Culver City CA 90232
RSVP: cultural@brazilian-consulate.org
(323) 651-2664, ext. 219

THE BEAUTY OF THE BRAZILIAN WOMAN
My friend Sean posted a little piece of BELEZA DA MULHER BRASILEIRA live (Brendle/Moraes) in YouTube. You can find this song in Sambaguru's new CD TRIBO. ENJOY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uagSFYwwufs&feature=channel_page

BRAZILIAN FOOD / MOQUECA
This is my favorite dish from Brasil and I do it well! See the pic above! Try Moqueca Restaurant for a great tasty journey.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/587113

BANDA BLACK RIO!
Went to a show in March that brought me back to the 70’s. It was Brazilian composer and orchestrator Artur Verocai in his first appearance in LA. He has a 1972 record that was released in 2003 and became a hit among the U.S. Hip Hop community. Artur was backed up by a young and talent orchestra with Airto Moreira, Justo Almario, and members of Azymuth as special guests. It was a blast! Had the pleasure of talking with Carlos Dafe who was one of the original singers of the 1972’s CD (Pic above). I believe they were filming that night, but while the DVD is in its way, check this link and enjoy the sound of one of the greatest samba/funk bands of Brasil!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v2RgancH3k&feature=related

BRAZILIAN LITERATURE / CLARICE LISPECTOR
“When I learned to read and write, I devoured books! I thought books were like trees, like animals: a thing that was born!”
http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt/clarice_lispector2.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ad7b6kqyok (Interview in Portuguese)

If you are in FACEBOOK, join BRAZILIAN HEART and keep in touch. I have been adding interesting cultural links there.

RAPE/ABORTION IN BRASIL/CONTROVERSY
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/world/americas/28brazil.html?emc=eta1

FOR YOU
“Não pense que escrevo aqui o meu mais íntimo segredo pois há segredos que eu não conto nem a mim mesma.”
Don’t think I write my most intimate secret here because there are secrets I don’t even tell to myself.
(Clarice Lispector/ 1920-1977)

DO YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=alison+armstrong&aq=f

Peace and Light,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART MARCH 2009!

2009-03-01T22:52:00.001-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
MARCH 2209
SINCE 1998

CARNAVAL was great! Here are some pics taken by Alex Niella of the Brazilian Carnaval at the Hollywood Palladium. Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro did a pandeiro duet with Scott Kettner from Nation Beat. My costume was made by the incredible Brad Austin! More pics at www.braziliannites.com

My NEW website is ONLINE NOW! www.katiamoraes.com Let me know what you think.
Re created by Caesar Lima, who did the graphics for Sambaguru’s new CD entitled TRIBO. To listen to the CD, and also download it from DigStation, go to
www.sambaguru.com
Enjoy and let me know what you think.
We’ll be inviting you to our CD Release Party soon!

NEW BRAZILIAN SPOT IN LOS ANGELES COMING UP SOON! Stay tuned!

BRAZILIAN FOOD
If you want to try a Brazilian Restaurant in Pasadena, go to Porto Alegre on Colorado and Garfield.

Just became a member of Jazz On The Tube. Great videos sent to you every day for free. Yes, they have Brazilian Music!
http://www.jazztube.com/

VIVER BRASL DANCE COMPANY
Saturday, March 14  at 8pm
Celebrate Dance   @ Alex Theater, Glendale, CA  Viver Brasil performs So Moved (In Motion)  www.celebratedance.org

VIDEO
DJAVAN (Born in Alagoas in January, 1949) is one of my favorite composers. This song is called AZUL (Blue) and it does not have any sad connotation. In Brasil if you say everything is blue, it means everything is cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDzygNoOCtE&feature=related

BRAZILIAN SOCCER (From Brasil to Los Angeles)
The Best Brazilian female soccer in the world is now playing in Los Angeles (SOL). Her name is Marta and she’s from Alagoas…just like Brazilian musician Djavan…
http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-marta25-2009feb25,0,987635.story

TWO BRAZILIAN GIRLS HANGING FROM THE SKY
I was laughing with my husband and said "Let's go to the Circus!" My cell rang and a shy Brazilian female voice said she had seen me at the Brazilian Carnaval and would like to be part of my show one day. She said she was a Trapeze artist...I love synchronicity! Check them out. They are great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcDHud0Ao6E

QUOTE
Eu não sei se vem de Deus
I don’t know if it comes from God
O céu ficar azul
This blue of the sky
Ou virá dos olhos seus
Or if comes from your eyes
Essa cor que azuleja o dia
This color that “tiles” the day
(Excerpt of Azul by Djavan)

My way of expressing how much I’m grateful for your support:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXo3NFqkaRM

With Knowledge, you open your eyes.
With Intelligence, you begin to see,
With Imagination, you paint the Universe.
Peace and Light.
Namastê
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART FEBRUARY 2009!

2009-01-31T16:32:00.000-08:00

SAMBAGURU'S NEW CD "TRIBO" IS AVAILABLE NOW!

Visit www.sambaguru.com to get your copy with DigStation!
Photography and Graphic Design of the CD by Caesar Lima:
http://pixelpastahome.blogspot.com/2009/01/samabaguru-tribo.html

SHOWS
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
Saturday, February 21st from 9pm to 2am
At the Brazilian Carnaval @ the new HOLLYWWOD PALLADIUM! (A Live Nation Venue)
www.braziliannites.com
Also featuring Nation Beat, Tropidanza, Viver Brasil Dance Company, DJ Seduce, Mestre Amem & Capoeira Batuque, among others.

Monday, February 9 at 8pm @ Hotel Angeleno (Brentwood)
Where Sunset Blvd. meets the 405 fwy
Featuring Ryan Cross, Lorca, Cristiano Novelli, Bill Brendle and Katia Moraes playing Brazilian Jazz.
Great food, great view and great music!
http://www.hotelangeleno.com/

Wednesday, February 11 at 8pm
The Latin Project @ Little Temple (Santa Monica, CA)
Featuring Jez Colin, Debi Nova, Joel Virgel, Mitchell Long, Katia Moraes, Jorge Villanueva
www.myspace.com/thelatinproject

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS (ALL AGES)
Sing Like a Brazilian Bird! (310) 908-0835

PHOTOGRAPHY
http://www.jorgevismara.net/index.php
CLICK ON Rain in the Amazon river…

BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL PRESS AWARD
You can still vote! I’m nominated by the Brazilian International Press Award in the “Best Brazilian singer in the US” Category (Category #9)
It’s by Popular Vote. Can you give me your support?
www.pressaward.com/votacao.php (scroll down to category #9)

SPIRITUAL CELEBRATION
Valentine Ecstasy Ritual Concert on February 14th, 8-10pm
With Micheline Berry, DJ Drez, Doug Lunn and Vida Vierra, among others. $15 in advance ($20 at door) @ Exhale venice (245 Main St., Venice CA 90291) 310.450.7676
http://www.zendancing.com/

An evening of Brazilian music and Forro
Feb 18th at 8pm. No cover @ Santino's 3021 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica

EXHIBITION
RIO DE JANEIRO,
TWO CENTURIES OF URBAN CHANGE 1808 TO 2008
From January to June 2009 @ Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA. This exhibit celebrates the launch of the UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies. http://international.ucla.edu/lac/events/showevent.asp?eventid=7203

SAMBA ENREDOS OF 2009
Listen to the songs of each Samba School in Rio de Janeiro!
http://odia.terra.com.br/carnaval/sambas_2009.asp
Just click on any samba school's name and dance!!!

BRAZILIAN SOAP OPERA
Caminho das Indias is the name of the new soap opera produced by TV Globo. It takes place in India and Brasil. In the first chapter there is an explanation of how the castes were created... Time to check your Portuguese!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huhpZLSz-a0&feature=related

BOOK
“The Way of Intelligence” by J. Krishnamurti. It reminded me when I read Plato. It requires lots of attention and patience. I was watching the movie “Hurricane” and Denzel Washington’s character was reading this one.
“(…) My relation to you is based on the thought which I have about you. The relationship is not with you, but with the image that I have.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti

OBAMA AND LINCOLN
http://www.azstarnet.com/opinion/
Scroll down, click on The Best of Fitz 2008, then choose the last dot (November 5, 2008)

SANTANNA AND DJAVAN AT ROCK IN RIO IN 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peHh8kD9G3k
My friend Walfredo Reyes is playing drums. Actually, Walfredo, Haakon Graf and I will be playing at Porto Alegre in Pasadena on February 13 and 14.

Peace, Light and Namastê
Katia : )
P.S.: My friend and writer Ernesto Lechner sent me this link to a Roberto Carlos video from 1970. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtNnivozZVY&feature=related

BRAZILIAN HEART! JANUARY 2009

2009-01-01T17:15:00.000-08:00

My friend Melinda Kelly found out that The Brazilian International Press Award nominated me. It's a funny feeling knowing you're nominated. It's cool, but there's an old story that plays in my head that keeps saying I should be humble to the point of ignoring the nomination. This new year I'm deleting old stories that I believe are obstacles to my evolution, so this time I'm consciously and joyfully accepting this Earthy success.

Can you give me your support? It'd be sweet to win as well! You can vote in Category #9 at: http://www.pressaward.com/votacao.php

COPACABANA REVEILLON 2008 PANORAMA by Ayrton Camargo:
http://gobrazil.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=gobrazil&cdn=travel&tm=7&f=11&tt=13&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//ayrton.com/360/fs/reveillon2008f.html

FOOD: MOQUECA
Finally a Brazilian restaurant that serves my favorite dish from Brasil: moqueca (fish stew prepared in a clay pot). My friend Gloria Sarcinelli from Espirito Santo state just opened her dream restaurant. Check it out.
http://www.moquecaresturant.com/

MUSIC AROUND
January 8 and 9 with Airto Moreira & Eyedentity (Zaqir Hussain and other special guests) @ Yoshi's (Oakland)

BOOK
I fell in love with Isabel Allende’s stories after watching the movie “House of Spirits”. Here’s a quote from My Invented Country, A Memoir published in 2003.
“My mixed marriage with a gringo hasn’t gone all that badly; we get along (even though most of the time neither of us has the least idea of what the other is talking about) because we are always ready to give each other the benefit of the doubt. The greatest drawback is that we don’t share a sense of humor. Willie can’t believe that I can be funny in Spanish, and as for me, I never know what the devil he’s laughing about. The one thing that amuses us both at the same time are the off-the-cuff speeches of President George W. Bush.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/7/chilean_writer_isabel_alllende_on_her

GEOGRAPHY
Let’s see if you know the map of Brasil well!
http://www.cambito.com.br/games/brasil.htm

NUMBER 11 in 2009
“The year 2009 arrives reigns by the Sun, by the Orixa Oxossi and by the numbers 11 and 2. In Numerology the number 11 is a master number for spiritualy elevated people. The numerologist Cibele Lemos says: “2009 will bring the return to spirituality, to religion, something that was left aside.”

BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE
Every Brazilian knows that “Navegar é preciso” (Navigating is necessary), and usually identifies this with Camões, the great Baroque poet of the Portuguese sea voyages of the early modern age, when Europeans discovered Brazil (the full expression actually goes back to the Roman general, Pompey, who said Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse!" (Navigating is necessary, life is not necessary!).
http://www.brazilmax.com/news.cfm/tborigem/fe_society/id/25

SMILE
A sign spied at a São Paulo shopping mall: “With each purchase, an anti-blackout kit: a candle and a condom.” (appeared at Gazeta Mercantil Newspaper, June 5, 2001)

A PANDEIRO FESTIVAL! WATCH!
Jackson do Pandeiro from Paraiba state would be celebrating 90 years old this year. For my surprise, one of the best pandeiro players living in Los Angeles (Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro) appears in this first YouTube video below with Jackkson do Pandeiro. The second link is a fun duel!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3QQXNgiT2M www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2IKtEOIzU (Duel of Pandeiros)

FOR YOU
In spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon;
In the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter snow will accompany your.
If useless things do not hang in your mind,
Any season is a good season for you

Peace, Light and Namastê,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART! Indian/Brazilian Heart!

2008-11-30T22:30:00.000-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
December 2008
Since 1998

“(…) The spirit of this city (Mumbai) has always been amazing - this is not the first time there has been a crisis here - there has been terrorists attacks as well as communal riots, but each time the city has always bounced back.”

This is a quote from my dear friend who resides in Mumbai regarding the attacks that happened last week. On his first reply he said he and his wife were shocked and feeling violated. It made me think about the New York residents, and our reactions to 9/11. Here we go, one more chance to think about reactions. Hopefully we can create a different paradigm. Yes, we can.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/king.chopra.mumbai/
(Deepak Chopra’s point of view about it. VERY interesting!)

MOVIE
Have you seen “Slumdog Millionaire”? It’s the best movie I’ve seen this year. The modern vibe reminded me of the Brazilian movie City of God. I felt like adopting the little boy Jamal.
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/

Indian guitarist Sanjay Divecha used to play with Sambaguru. Here’s his first video (Full Circle CD)
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=tZmUOFoCsr

THE POWER OF GIVING
The Garment Worker Center is gearing up for our annual fair trade sale - Shop with a Heart! Come join us to buy fair trade gifts and to celebrate their accomplishments this year. Starts on December 4th. Garment Worker Center 1250 S. Los Angeles St #213 Los Angeles, CA 90015 United States (213) 748-5866
GIFT WITH MEANING
http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/akawelle/Designer.htm

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
Sing Like a Brazilian Bird!
Email for more info.

HISTORY
Over 200,000,000 people around the world claim Portuguese as their native language. This means that far more people speak Portuguese than speak French, German, Italian or Japanese. Portuguese is the seventh most spoken language in the world today, behind English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, and Russian.
http://www.geocities.com/email_theguy/newportweb/portuguese_intro.htm

LAUGH OUT LOUD!
http://www.otoons.de/downloads/bear3.mpg

Feliz Natal (Merry Christmas)
Feliz Ano Novo (Happy New Year)
http://www.otoons.de/joke&game/installing_love.htm

Peace, Light and Namastê,
Katia : )
P.S.: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1892182081

BRAZILIAN HEART! Breath Deeply and Vote!

2008-11-03T09:23:00.000-08:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
November 2008
Since 1998

I believe the most important political event I had attended in my life was in my hometown, Rio de Janeiro in 1984. The movement was called DIRETAS JA (DIRECT VOTE NOW) and started in the Northeast of Brasil. In 1983 Teotonio Vilela, a senator from Alagoas, started talking about bringing democracy back after 20 years of dictatorship. Soon after that a dream amendment was written by Dante de Oliveira asking for direct vote and that ignited an incredible amount of Brazilians to go to the streets in search for change.
I don’t remember if I painted my face like my friends, but I definitely screamed, danced and sang from the bottom of my heart in the streets of downtown Rio. One million people squeezed each other from Cinelandia Square to Rio Branco Avenue to Candelaria Church. We’re trying to push president Figueiredo and the Congress to pass the Dante de Oliveira’s Amendment that would bring back Presidential elections. The Brazilian Congress got 298 positive votes against 65, and 112 Congressmen simply didn’t show up to vote at all fearing retaliations.
In 1989 I finally voted for president for the first time in my life.

Please, vote.
(Go Obama!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh1Z0ciU3s8

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
Sing Like a Brazilian Bird!
"I like to emphasize music's connection to fundamental human activities involving movement, language, and emotion. For me music was always intuitively a fundamental language of the human brain and therefore deeply connected to who we are as human beings, and spiritual beings. Relaxation, Breathing, Rhythm and Expression Awareness are basic steps to beautiful singing." Email for more info.

DIOGO NOGUEIRA
November 15 at 9pm @ Santa Monica Bar & Grille
www.braziliannites.com

THE LATIN PROJECT (Hosted by Debi Nova)
November 20 at 10pm at Plush @ The Key Club
(West Hollywood)
www.myspace.com/thelatinproject

SENSE OF HUMOR
“Patient: Doctor, I have a pain in my eye whenever I drink tea.
Doctor: Take the spoon out of the mug before you drink.”

“The sense of humor is part, an essential part, of the wholeness of man. It keeps him healthy, it keeps him young, it keeps him fresh. And for centuries the sad people have dominated religion. They have expelled laughter -- from the churches, from the mosques, from the temples. The day laughter enters back into the holy places they will be really holy, because they will be whole. Laughter is the only quality that distinguishes man from other animals. Only man can see the ridiculous, the absurd.” (Osho)

“May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide your way on.”

Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART! Breath Deeply and... Sing!

2008-10-14T15:40:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
October 2008
Since 1998

“Your life is yours and yours alone . . . do not allow the storms of this time to erode your glory. Believe in yourself to the extent that no external word, deed or thought can minimize your potency.” (Guru Singh)

PERFORMANCE
Thursday, October 16 at 8pm
Katia Moraes & Brazilian ElectrOrganics!
At PLUSH @ THE KEY CLUB
9039 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA, 90069
http://www.keyclub.com/sub_info.php
Hosted by Debi Nova (obrigada, Debi)
8pm Katia Moraes
9pm Debi Nova
10pm Andrea Ferraz

LA Phil Presents Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio
On Wed OCT 29 at 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Oscar Castro-Neves
Celebrating the First 50 Years of Bossa Nova!
@ Wortham Center's Cullen Theater International Series
Houston, TX
http://www.worthamcenter.org
With Don Grusin, Charlie Bisharat, Gary Meek, Hussain Jiffry, Alex Acuña and Katia Moraes)

PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMAZON
My friend Jorge Vismara just came back from a trip to the Amazon region. Check his beautiful photographs!
http://jorgevismara.net/navegaramazonia/

MOVIE
WALT DISNEY & EL GRUPO opened in Brasil last week. The movie is about the “US Government suggested trip” that Walt Disney made to Latin America in 1941. For more info: www.waltandelgrupo.com

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
I like to emphasize music's connection to fundamental human activities involving movement, language, and emotion. For me music was always intuitively a fundamental language of the human brain and therefore deeply connected to who we are as human beings, and spiritual beings. Relaxation, Breathing, Rhythm and Expression Awareness are basic steps to beautiful singing.
More info by email katia@katiamoraes.com

Peace, Light and Namastê,
Katia
P.S.: Go Obama!

www.katiamoraes.com
www.myspace.com/katiamoraes
http://katiabrazil.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/sambaguru (songs of new CD)

“ … And Moraes' singing, as always, was a virtual definition of the passion that is an implicit part of Brazilian music."
Don Heckman / LOS ANGELES TIMES

BRAZILIAN HEART / SEPTEMBER 2008

2008-09-09T12:42:00.000-07:00

Here’s an interview with my Brazilian friend and Grammy Award Winner MOOGIE CANAZIO.
Moogie is a talent sound enginner and producer who have worked with Sergio Mendes, Caetano Veloso, João Gilberto, Maria Bethania, Ivan Lins, and many more. We talked about growing up in Copacabana, discovering music, politics, family, food, and spiritual matters.

Enjoy!
(And leave a comment!)
http://www.caesarphoto.com/interview.html

SAMBAGURU IS DONE MASTERING THE NEW CD!
For a preview, visit www.myspace.com/sambaguru

TRIBUTE TO DORIVAL CAYMMI (1914-2008)
Brazilian composer/singer Dorival Caymmi passed away two weeks ago. Carmem Miranda made him famous with the recording “O que é que a Bahiana tem.” The following link shows Dorival singing on a Brazilian movie from 1950’s. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATRYXkvBkKM

BRAZILIAN FOOD (MOQUECA) http://www.moquecarestaurant.com/About_Us.html

Have you ever heard about the Leningrad Cowboys? Follow the link, scroll down and watch the video… political incorrectness at its top. http://www.leningradcowboys.fi/main.site?action=news/news&ids=0

VIVER BRASIL (FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC) Saturday, September 14 at 1pm at the Latin American Art Museum in Long Beach
http://www.festivalofsacredmusic.org/0914MOLAA.html
www.viverbrasil.com

From where I am
To who I am,
Katia : )
P.S.: GO OBAMA/BIDEN!!!

BRAZILIAN HEART + Free Concerts

2008-08-01T12:14:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
August 2008
Since 1998

This July I met a geophysicist in Anderson’s Conn Valley (Napa Valley) who said Al Gore’s Global Warming idea was not based in accurate facts. I tried to argue with him, but everything I got back was this sweet comment: “You’re a very emotional person (me? Hahahaha) and you need to research the facts.” OK. Here is something I found revolutionary and it is based in facts. See if you agree with me. Check it out and pinch yourself. This can be the solution for the oil crisis! (I feel like everyone has a solution for it these days. What’s yours?)
http://zeropollutionmotors.us/?page_id=46

PERFORMANCES
Friday, Aug. 1st at 7pm
Sambaguru featuring Katia Moraes
@ LEVITT PAVILION (MacCarthur Park, Los Angeles, CA)
http://www.levittpavilionlosangeles.org/en/calendar.html
FREE

Saturday, Aug. 2nd at 11am
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ GETTY CENTER (West Los Angeles, CA)
http://www.carsla.net
Price: FREE

Thursday, Aug. 7th at 8pm
Katia Moraes & ElectrOrganics
Brazilian Alternative Music Night featuring Carla Hassett, Grecco Buratto, D. Booker and more)
@ TANGIER
www.tangierrestaurant.net
www.myspace.com/brazilianalternativemusicnight

Friday, Aug. 8th at 8:30pm & 10:30pm
Sambaguru featuring Katia Moraes
@ LA VE LEE (Studio City, CA)
Reservations: (818) 980-8158
www.laveleejazzclub.com

Saturday, Aug. 9th from 5pm to 7pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ LACMA (Los Angeles, CA)
FREE
http://www.lacma.org/programs/LatinSounds.aspx

Thursday, Aug. 14th at 10pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ ZANZIBAR (Afro Funke Night)
Santa Monica, CA
www.zanzibarlive.com

BRAZILIAN MUSIC IN THE U.S. (PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL)
Interviews with Sergio Mendes, Katia Moraes, Luciana Souza, Jorge Alabe and more
http://www.afropop.org/radio/radio_program/ID/713/The%20Brazilian%20Diaspora%20in%20the%20United%20States

COMPARING TWO VERSIONS OF A BRAZILIAN SONG
Brazilian guitarists Yamandu and Armandinho playing Apanhei-te Cavaquinho by Ernesto Nazareth composed in 1915
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P08ve0XsK3s
WALT DISNEY VERSION of Apanhei-te Cavaquinho by Ernesto Nazareth
http://www.almacarioca.com.br/arte193.htm

NATURA (Brazilian Beauty Line)
http://www.naturabrasil.fr/default_GVS.aspx?CurrentStoreId=2&CurrentLanguageId=2
THE BAHIA HOMELESS HOUSING PROJECT (PHDB) Obrigada, Erica!
phdb-br.org

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Flutist Rebecca Kleinman at La Ve Lee on Aug. 6th

FOR YOU
Enjoy my favorite childhood spot in Brasil (UBU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxkXz_Zb4N4&feature=related
“I begin to see an object when I cease to understand it.”
(David Henry Thoreau)

Peace and Light,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART/New Project

2008-07-06T22:56:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
July 2008
Since 1998

When I got my laptop I started using a program called Garage Band. It took me at least 2 years to have the courage to show my compositions live. Your chameleon friend is back with a new project!
KA MORAES
Brazilian Organic & Electronic Sounds
Featuring Jack Majdecki on guitars and Leo Costa on percussion/electronics
I’d love to know what you think. Join me at one of the following shows on July 10, 11 and 17. More info below or at www.myspace.com/katiamoraes

SHOWS
Saturday, July 5th @ Ford Amphitheater at 8:30pm (Kids show at 10am)
With VIVER BRASIL Dance Company
www.viverbrasil.com

Monday, July 7th at noon
Live appearance @ Internet Radio
www.killradio.org

Thursday, July 10 (and July 17) at 8:30pm
@ D’Cache (Toluca Lake) NO COVER CHARGE
KA MORAES Brazilian Organic & Electronic Sounds
www.dcacherestaurant.com/

Friday, July 11 at 8:30pm
@ La Ve Lee (Studio City)
Reservations (818) 980-8158
KA MORAES Brazilian Organic & Electronic Sounds

Sat, July 19th @ The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts
With SAMBAGURU (Special guest on bass Rene Camacho)
San Rafael, CA
http://www.marinjcc.org
www.myspace.com/sambaguru

BRAZILIAN MUSICIANS LIVING IN THE U.S. by Jason Stanyek
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/music/Stanyek.html
Jason interviewed me for his book about Brazilian musicians living in the U.S. The interview will be broadcasted this weekend on Afropop (NPR) and will feature one of Sambaguru’s new tunes.
It's not broadcast on any stations in LA but you can find a stream here:
http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/program.pl?programid=65
Info here: http://www.afropop.org/radio/recent.php

ONÇA PINTADA (Brazilian Jaguar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15uMANab0xA&feature=related

REMEMBERING BRAZILIAN CONCERTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5TvfFq81xw&feature=related

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Thu, July 3rd at 8pm
Brazilian Alternative Music Nite hosted by Carla Hassett
@ Tangier
http://myspace.com/brazilianalternativemusicnight
http://tangierrestaurant.net

Sunday, July 13th Grupo Revelação
@ Ford Amphitheater
www.braziliannites.com

MUSICAL MAGIC (Water Organ in Zadar, Croatia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nISG7iBk-A

BRAZILIAN WRITER
I’m reading “Clara dos Anjos” by Lima Barreto (1881/1922). “He used a very sarcastic, but disguised, style of writing, what prevented him from being persecuted by politicians or military authorities, his favorite ‘victims’.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_Barreto

MOVIE
NOEL, O POETA DA VILA (Noel Rosa, The Poet of Vila)
Noel is one of my favorite composers from Brasil!
Screening on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7:30pm
@ James Bridges Theatre (UCLA)
http://www.international.ucla.edu/lac/events/index.asp?action=NextMonth&EventDate=6/1/2008&CenterID=0

BLINDNESS was directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meireles (City of God, Constant Gardener) based on the novel by Nobel prize winner Jose Saramago. It’ll be released in the U.S. this fall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMdnhK5ZuiI

FOR YOU
"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."
By Paulo Coelho (Brazilian Writer, b.1947)

“Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a nationality.”
By Karen Allen (American Actress, b.1951)

Peace and Light,
Katia : )

Back From Brasil!

2008-06-04T12:02:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN HEART
June 2008
Since 1998

I’m back from Brasil!
The warm Atlantic water and a crazy traffic. The delicious fruit juices and a credit card mania. The lively conversations with my friends and people sleeping in the streets of Copacabana. Ah…the coconut water… and some family issues… In the middle of all, the statue of poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade sits on a beach bench and poses for a picture with tourists from all over the world (check the video of the statue below).
My country is a country of contradictions and with so much creativity. Everybody has an opinion about everything. I found lots of interesting cultural cable TV programs, watched Brazilian movies, a play, a free concert on the beach celebrating rock star Cazuza, and went to historic Lapa in downtown Rio where there is an incredible amount of nightclubs with great live music. As soon as I got back to the US my skin broke… I miss the humidity!

NEW MUSIC!
Thu, June 5 at 8pm @ Tangier (2138 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz)
www.tangierrestaurant.net/
(Brazilian Alternative Music Night organized by Carla Hassett)
I’ll be singing my new compositions accompanied by Jack Majdecki on guitar and Leo Costa on perc/drums/eletronics.
www.myspace.com/brazilianalternativemusicnight

More dates at www.katiamoraes.com
Or www.myspace.com/katiamoraes

VISITING RIO (I recommend)
Carioca da Gema Bar in Lapa:
http://www.vivatravelguides.com/south-america/brazil/southeast/rio-de-janeiro/lapa/lapa-restaurants/carioca-da-gema/
Fort of Copacabana (one of the best views of Rio):
http://www.fortedecopacabana.com/modules/fotos/public-album.php?id=11

BRAZILIAN WRITER
Machado de Assis was born in my hometown Rio de Janeiro in June 1839, and is one of the most important writers of my country and of Latin America. I read few of his books in school. I’m reading his first novel written in 1872 titled Resurrection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machado_de_Assis

MOVIE
ESTOMAGO (Stomach/2007) directed by Brazilian filmmaker Marcos Jorge. It is a Brazilian/Italian production and the best movie I watched in Rio last month. Link below for the preview.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1417342234&channel=1214718128

DANCE
Viver Brasil Dance Company is presenting Tuesday Water Series at Dance Arts Academy, 731 S. La Brea Ave, LA 90036. The Gift on the Water package includes 5 classes for $58. The Single class is $15.
Get ready to swim to shore for Viver Brasil's 6th season at the Ford Amphitheatre on July 5, 2008.
More info www.viverbrasil.com

EVENTS AROUND TOWN
Sat, June 7
Roberto Carlos @ Gibson Amphitheater
www.robertocarlosusa.com

Fri, June 13 at 8:30pm
Djavan @ Ford Amphitheater
www.braziliannites.com

Monday, June 30 at 8pm
Gilberto Gil @ 4th & B (San Diego)
www.braziliannites.com

ARRANCO DE VARSOVIA ( A band from Rio)
http://www.arrancodevarsovia.com.br/
www.myspace.com/arrancodevarsovia

VIDEO (Carlos Drummond de Andrade’s statue in Copacabana)
In February 2008 someone stole the glasses of the statue. The City installed a new one, but a trickster Carioca stole it again.
http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM830145-7823-ESTATUA+DE+CARLOS+DRUMMOND+DE+ANDRADE+RECEBE+NOVOS+OCULOS,00.html

FOR YOU
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito"
African Proverb

Peace and Love,
Katia : )

Time to celebrate!

2008-04-03T17:14:00.000-07:00

Come and join us for an afternoon of Brazilian dance,
music, voice experience, live interview with Brazilian
embassador Thereza Quintella, slide show with
historical images of Brazil, capoeira, a little snack,
coconut water by ONE, and much more. The schedule and
name of the artists are on my blog.

Two days after that I’ll be leaving for Brasil!
Ahhhhh… I REALLY need to re energize!

Sunday, April 27 from 2pm to 7pm
@ Brasil Brasil Cultural Center
4325 Sepulveda Blvd. (at Culver Blvd.)
Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 397-3667
$15

INSPIRATIONS! (Believe it or not, this was one of my
first musical inspirations! Show me yours!)
www.almacarioca.com.br/arte506.htm

DANCE
By French coreographer Maurice Bejart
I thought the music was Brazilian, but a French friend
told me it is from Republic of Chad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY5_q64ZLJc

BOOK
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C. G. Jung from 1961
“I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of
things or questions which were left incomplete and
unanswered by my parents and grandparents and more
distant ancestors.”

MOVIE
Vinícius (documentary/ 2005)
The black and white scenes of Rio at the opening of
the movie took my breath away.
http://www.hackwriters.com/Vinicius.htm

Performances around Los Angeles

Brazilian pianist Marcos Ariel (Antonio Santanna on
bass and Leo Costa on drums) plus Guests
Tuesday, April 8 at 8pm and 9:30pm
@ Jazz Bakery (Culver City)
www.jazzbakery.org

Viver Brasil Dance Company
Saturday, April 19 at 11:30am
@ The Fowler Museum (UCLA)
www.viverbrasil.com

BRAZILIAN SAYING
Mais vale um pássaro na mão que dois voando.
(One bird in the hand is worth two flying)

Peace and Light,
Katia : )

10 Years Celebration

2008-04-01T20:39:00.000-07:00

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 FROM 2PM TO 7PM
@ BRASIL BRASIL CULTURAL CENTER
4325 SEPULVEDA BLVD. (at Culver Blvd.)
CULVER CITY, CA 90230
Admission: $15
FOR MORE INFO (310) 908-0835
www.katiamoraes.com
www.myspace.com/katiamoraes

This event is an extension of the positive vibe Brazilian Heart Newsletter brings to people every month. Come and spend an afternoon of cultural activities where we can learn, meet new people, see old and virtual friends, and share the joy we have for
Brazil!

Set design creation by Brad Austin
Fruit snacks provided by Ana Laidley
Coconut Water provided by ONE – One Natural Experience

SCHEDULE

2pm to 3pm
Brazilian Heart Dance and Voice Experience
www.katiamoraes.com

3:10pm to 3:30pm
Viver Brasil Dance Company Demonstration
www.viverbrasil.com

3:40pm to 4:10pm
Interview with Brazilian Embassador Thereza Quintella
www.brazilian-consulate.org

4:20pm to 4:30pm
Ana Laidey with a Historical Samba Dance Demonstration
http://www.sambanmotion.com/

4:35pm to 5pm
“Discovery of Brasil” by speaker Susan
DiGiulio with slide show by Jorge Vismara
www.pelourinho.com

5:10pm to 5:25pm
Amém Santo & Capoeira Batuque Demonstration
www.capoeirabatuque.org

5:35pm to 6pm
Music with Carla Hassett and Friends
www.carlahassett.com

6:10pm to 7pm
The Mystery of Brazilian Music with Katia Moraes & Trio
Plus a slide show by Jorge Vismara
www.pelourinho.com

MAP TO BBCC

X Truth

2008-04-01T06:32:00.000-07:00

Music Video
Composition by Katia Moraes
Directed by Caesar Lima

Planeta Brasil

2008-04-01T05:36:00.000-07:00

Katia Moraes' Interview at Planeta Brasil