London's first dedicated Brazilian music festival has revealed its full line-up 🇧🇷

Boa Nova Festival arrives at Leyton Jubilee Park on 22nd May, headlined by João Gomes, Liniker & Mari Froes — with a Baile Funk stage, samba, street food and more.

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Flora É M.P.M. by Flora Purim, released on Odeon in 1964.

Review by Alex Henderson

In jazz circles, Flora Purim is best known for her fusion recordings of the ’70s — not only her work with the first edition of Chick Corea’s Return to Forever, but also classic solo albums like Butterfly Dreams and Stories to Tell. However, Purim actually started recording in the ’60s. This fascinating reissue, which RCA put out in Brazil in the early ’00s, takes listeners back to the singer’s early period. The material was recorded in 1964, when Purim was only 22 and was still eight years away from joining Return to Forever. At the time, the bossa nova craze was in full bloom in both the United States and Europe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KU0KkBjm1E&list=RD0KU0KkBjm1E&start_radio=1

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