Kaleb E. GoldschmittI know I’m just one academic, but the lack of coverage or Astrud Gilberto’s recent passing is a painful example of just how “machista” Brazilian popular music scholarship and criticism is. I highly doubt Getz/Gilberto would have won Album of the Year without her. Yet when any other famous bossa nova musician who is a man happens to pass, the attention is much louder.
elena razlogova@kgoldschmitt RIP. By no means mainstream media, but #WFMU DJs noted Astrud Gilberto's passing--many with one or two songs, and some with entire sets like here: