Music for your Monday!

For those of you curious about the music here in Brazil, I think I'll start posting songs once a week...hence the "Music for your Monday" title.

Brazil's variety of music is just as diverse, if not more so, than the range of music we have in the US. There is of course Samba, Bossa Nova, Sertaneja, Pagode, Funk, Capoeira, and Reggae, just to name a few.

Today's song comes from the Sertaneja genre. Sertaneja is essentially the Brazilian equivalent of country music. In the past few years, the popularity of Sertaneja music has grown tremendously. Duplas Sertanejas (Country Duos) are all the rage right now! (Bruno e Marrone, Jorge e Mateus, Zezé di Camargo e Luciano, Fernando e Sorocaba...)

If you ask around about Sertaneja, people either love it, or they hate it. Just like our own country music. If you ask me... I love it!


Michel Teló has made a name for himself as a solo artist. Here's one of his songs I just can't seem to get out of my head! :

 Se Eu Te Pego- Michel Teló

Hope you liked it!

Come back next Monday for some more MÚSICA!

Bieber Fever in Brazil

Bieber fever is alive and well here. He's the token teenage heart throb and he happens to have had a few concerts in Brazil awhile ago.

J.B. sporting Brazil's flag.

 I know this because there were thousands of tweens sobbing with joy all over the news for days! They even had a Justin Bieber special and aired his concerts live! Although J-Beebs is famous internationally,  he does have some competition here in Brazil, and his name is Luan Santana.

His hair-do didn't make headlines like Justin's, but he seems to have a signature style of his own goin on.

Luan Santana on the cover of some teen magazine.

A lot of people love to hate on Luan Santana, but just like Justin Bieber, his songs are all over the place and without fail, get stuck in your head. I wouldn't say he's a musical genius, but his songs are catchy and I have to admit, I don't mind listening.

See for yourself!

Amar Não é Pecado

If you liked that, you'll LOVE this video of my adorable niece singing Amar Não é Pecado:

Isn't she cute?!?