Rio hilltop soccer

New York Times obsession with Brazil continues. This time, it's a video essay on an informal soccer pitch.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/soccer/100000002504736/rio-soccer-reaches-new-heights.html

Next time, stay in Rocinha!

An American so in love with Rio he starts a service to help tourists and foreign students stay in the world's largest favela. Genius or madman?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2013/10/13/helping-tourists-go-native-in-brazil/

NYTimes hits Centro district in Rio

Is it just me or does the frequency of writeups in NYTimes on Brazil seem to accellerate every year? The Olympics? The new economic powerhouse reputation? In any case, choro is described so it's an improvement on some other recent efforts!

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/travel/out-of-the-past-in-lively-old-rio.html

Now they just need decent salsa.

Story on a Californeiro who's making and selling tortillas nationwide in Brazil:

http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/garytos-and-the-tortilla-business-in-brazil/

NYT Photo Gallery: Street Art in Brazil

I've been a fan of graffiti in Brazil for some time. So much great public expression!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/08/11/magazine/Look_Brazil.html

Five dozen Brazilian music documentaries online!

Pedro Consorte has collected links to a great trove of interesting films available online. Worth a look or several:

http://pedroconsortebr.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/documentarios-sobre-a-musica-brasileira-lista-completa/

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