Sunday’s get me in a radio funk. As a child I loathed the kitchen radio’s blend of big bands and crooners coming from Radio 2 (the musical equivalent of Sunday roast sprouts for a twelve year old), and, although I like Elaine Page (she sounds like she’d be fun after a couple of bottles of wine) there is only so many show tunes I can handle before I go into toxic shock. Unless it’s Jesus Christ Superstar, in which case, bring it on.
In the absence of any genuine alternatives I have cast my Sunday lunch net a little wider. At present I’m listening to Sonzera Pura while I get the grub ready. At the all new seasonally adjusted time of 1-3pm GMT this show comes out of East Village Radio in New York first thing in the morning.
Sonzera Pura are a duo that rep ‘the best of brazil in NY’. The show takes in all styles of Brazilian music… samba and bossa but also psych, electronics and new stuff. Not too much chat, but obviously a lot of love goes into it… full tracklistings always, plus this week had 3 different guests including a chap called DJ Jeremy who played a lot of tropicalia—that most absurd and wonderful music made by people wearing capes playing the happiest sounds imaginable whilst on drugs that no one takes any more.
Check the show live on East Village Radio between 1 and 3 on a Sunday, or listen to the station from this page below.
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Tags: Bossa Nova Radio, Brazilian Radio, East Village Radio, Samba Radio, Sonzera Pura, Sunday Radio, Tropicalia, Tropicalia Radio
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