12.7.13

NYT in Lapa

NYT checks in with Rio's live music scene. Frustrating that they cover a great topic like Brazilian music with a writer who's only familiar with bossa nova -- at one point he writes (Elba) "Ramalho turned out to be a well-known singer of forró."  And choro is never mentioned!

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/travel/moving-to-the-rhythms-of-rio.html