BRAZILIAN HEART / SEPTEMBER 2009

BRAZILIAN HEART
SEPTEMBER 2009
SINCE 1998

I was having a conversation with my friend Dilma Barros from Cabo Verde about how we grew up distrusting policemen in our countries. The chat started when we met two nice American policemen at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles before my performance. During the show the musicians noticed how one policeman gently pulled a drunk guy from the dance floor (where kids were having fun) and brought him aside. When the policemen left we congratulated them. As they were leaving on their “earthy conscious politically correct” bikes, one of them told me he had given my phone number to the drunk guy. (Check pic below)

CREATIVE WRITING
MORE magazine accepted and published my first short story. Check it out! And leave a comment! : )
http://www.more.com/4879/7234-tale-of-a-city-sleeker

TRIBO
Tune in to Tom Schnabel's program at KCRW this Sunday, Sept. 6 from 12noon to 2pm. He'll be playing music from my new CD with Sambaguru called TRIBO.

BRAZILIAN COMMERCIAL
This 1978 commercial got an award at Cannes Fest. I love this Blue Man!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXx_SKLe3k

SEPTEMBER: BRASIL’S INDEPENDENCE MONTH
Saturday, September 12 from 1pm to 2pm
Brazilian Heart Dance
Introduction to Brazilian Culture Thru Movement
@ Newbury Park Athletic Club
161 N. Reino Rd., Newbury Park, CA 91320
(805) 499-0023
http://www.npathleticclub.com/

Saturday, September 12 from 12 noon to 6 pm
@ La Brea Tarpits (Hancock Park)
5801 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036
Food, crafts and live music. Free Admission
http://www.brazilian-consulate.org/files.php?id=95

Fri, Sat, Sun, Sept 11, 12 & 13
@ Hollywood Bowl
Blame it On Rio/ Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
with Seu Jorge and Bebel

Saturday, September 19 @ 12 noon and 2pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ Chico World Music Festival (Chico)
http://www.csuchico.edu/upe/performance/cwmf.html

Friday, September 25
Viver Brasil Dance Company
@ MOOLA (Museum of Latin America/ Long Beach)

BOBBY MCFERRIN PLAYING WITH YOUR BRAIN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBJ7mBxi8LM

MOVIE (“Walt & El Grupo”)
Went to the film screening and thought it was very interesting. James Stemple did a great job with the music. Check it out. Walt Disney on a goodwill trip to South America in 1941. Let me know what you think.
Opening in Los Angeles @The Landmark Regent (Westwood) on September 11th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmwqA0KNmfk

THEATRE
“Latina on The Loose” @ LATC opens on September 25.

BRAZILIAN SCIE-FI
Believe or not this 1926 book by Montero Lobato talks about a U.S. election determined by race and gender. Check this out.
http://www.slate.com/id/2200417/

FOR YOU
I don’t hope my writing will alter anything… In the end, we don’t want to alter things, we want to bloom one way or another.
Quote by Brazilian writer Clarice Lipector

Peace,
Katia: )

BRAZILIAN HEART/ AUGUST 2009

BRAZILIAN HEART
August 2009
Since 1998

My husband and I moved to a beautiful home. We’re SO grateful. I feel we’re living in our own bed & breakfast on the countryside… We’re surrounded by hiking trails and close to the ocean. This morning I caught a smell of CARQUEJA in the air when I was hiking in the mountains. It transported me to the Friburgo Mountains outside of Rio where I used to pick this plant by the road to make a tea. It’s bitter but good for the liver.
http://www.amazonbioenergetics.com/reports-carqueja-drapeau.htm

Let me share a very cool quote from Brick Wahl from LA Weekly: “(...) But there ain’t a Brazilian singer in town who is as irresistible as Katia Moraes. Crowds go nuts when she performs. The energy, the charisma, the sheer joy of Brazilian music just fills a space. Her Sambaguru is a sharp band, too. They’ll probably be mining their latest, Tribo (she’s yet to record a clinker) and Culver City will be rocking Rio-style when they hit the stage in front of City Hall on Thursday night."

And a review of Sambaguru’s CD TRIBO from a guy in Netherlands: http://www.djscurio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=4

Performances:
Thursday, Aug. 13 with The Latin Project @ Zanzibar http://www.zanzibarlive.com
(Santa Monica)
Saturday, Aug. 22 with Mitchell Long http://www.rhythmjazzations.com/ (Malibu)
Aug. 29 with Duo @ http://www.theseabirdjazzlounge.com/ (Long Becah)
A little preview of my Duo project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbUljUtQGs

DOCUMENTARY
BEFORE MUSIC DIES
 It’s a must see! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-856606244008931882

BEYOND IPANEMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccpmNkRSRH4

PURE MUSIC POETRY! (Join me on Facebook)
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=132682469898&ref=mf

BRAZILIAN POET PAULO LEMINSKI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Leminski

“When I look in the eys
I know when a person
Is inside
Or outside

Whoever is outside
Doesn’t hold
A look that lingers

From within my center
This poem looks at me”

WONDERS
Have you ever asked yourself why time passes slowly when you're a kid and faster when you're an adult?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6926500.stm

BOOK
A friend sent me a gift last month: a book entitled The Upanishads (one of the old spiritual scriptures from India). Now I’m reading “The Essence of the BHAGAVAD GITA: Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda, As Remembered by His Disciple, Swami Kriyananda…”

MUSIC
BRAZILIAN GUITARIST/SINGER RAUL SEIXAS singing GITA (Seixas/Paulo Coelho)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is-zWk5awSA
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial.”
(Henry David Thoreau)

FOR YOU
Por que você me pergunta?

Why do you ask me?
Perguntas não vão lhe mostrar

Questions won’t show you
Que eu sou feito da terra

That I am made of the earth,
Do fogo, da água e do ar
Of the fire, of the water and of the air.
(Excerpt of GITA by R. Seixas/P.Coelho)

Beijo, peace and Namastê,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART/ JUNE 2009

I watched the Jackson 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when I was a little girl. It was love at first sight! Later, when I moved to Los Angeles, I had the honor to sing on a event put together by MTV called "Dinner with Michael Jackson". MTV chose people from all over the world to come to LA and meet him. It took place on a big tent close to Palm Springs right beside the set where he was filming a video. I have to admit that I was shocked when I saw his face, but my love for his artistry was and is big than the visual surprise. He was a big inspiration in my artistic life. It was bittersweet to celebrate my birthday on the day he passed away.

Love always, Katia Moraes : )

Deepak Chopra's Tribute to Michael Jackson (Beautiful):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/a-tribute-to-my-friend-mi_b_221268.html

BRAZILIAN HEART/ MAY 2009

BRAZILIAN HEART
MAY 2009
SINCE 1998

Just came back from Florida where I was visiting a couple of friends in the Gulf Coast area. The air made me feel I was in Brasil…warm breezes, warm waters… I drove around the small and rich community of Casey Key with my husband and counted 30 homes for sale. Things are changing (things are always changing)…for a better and more balanced future. Hiked a lot, biked a lot, tanned my skin the way I love, and wrote lyrics for a ballad. In it I mentioned the gardenias and jasmines, the waves, the sun that rises everyday to warm us all.
I saw sandhill cranes (cool singing,) ibises, herons, pelicans, egrets, red cardinals, rabbits, gopher and soft shell tortoises and lots of lizards. Visited the Legacy Trail and saw an old picture of a “color school.” The old rail company had a school for their black workers… This reminds me of Obama’s voice reading the book he wrote about his father. Have you read or heard? No? Try. What a beautiful human being he is.
LISTEN to a sandhill crane! http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sandhill_Crane/id

SHOWS
Friday, May 15 at 9pm @ SPAZIO (Sherman Oaks)
With SAMBAGURU
http://www.spazio.la/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.cgi
To download the new CD TRIBO:
http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000026953

Saturday, May 9 @ Senzala (Sunnyvale) special guest with Phil Hawkins Band

Saturday, May 16 and 23 at 11pm @ LIMA Lounge (Tarzana)
With PURE SAMBA (The Brazilian Hangout!)
www.braziliannites.com

Saturday, May 30 @ HEINEKEN JAZZ FESTIVAL
(San Juan, Puerto Rico)
With OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES
http://www.prheinekenjazz.com/

DANCE
Viver Brasil Dance Company Audition is seeking two male dancers and 1 female dancer for the upcoming ’09 – ’10 Season
Thursday, May 7, from 7:30-9:30pm
@ Lula Washington Dance Theatre Studio, Studio B,
3773 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016
www.viverbrasil.com

PANTANAL: THE LARGEST WETLAND IN THE WORLD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIVcBZG9eAk&feature=related

THEATRE (Brazilian AUGUSTO BOAL dies, but lives!)
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/6/3/famed_brazilian_artist_augusto_boal_on

"Shakespeare used to say—not used to say, but he said in Hamlet that the theater should be and is like a mirror in which we look at the mirror and then we see our vices and our virtues. I think that’s very nice, but I would like to have a mirror with some magic properties in which we could—if we don’t like the image that we have in front of us to allow us to penetrate into that mirror and then transform our image and then come back with our image transformed. The act of transforming, I always say, transforms she or he who acts. So to use the theater as a rehearsal for transformation of reality."

BRASIL REJUVENATION ARTS RETREAT
With Micheline Berry from May 9th thru May 20th
http://www.zendancing.com/cgi-bin/miva?Order/order.mv+

FOR YOU
“ (…) If the cultivated fields of this world are too hard
And the soils destroyed by war don’t produce peace
Tie your plough to a star
and you’ll be the crazy farmer of the stars
The free countryman 
of the skies,
And the further you get from the earth
The further you’ll be from God”
(Quote from the song Tie Your Plough to a Star by Brazilian composer and singer Gilberto Gil)

“ You will not bee punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. “ (Buddha)

Peace and Namastê
Katia : ))

Brazilian Heart/ April 2009

BRAZILIAN HEART
April 2009
Since 1998

SHOWS (CELEBRATING SPRING WITH JOY)
Every Saturday starting April 4th! @ Lima Lounge!
BRAZILIAN NITES with a LATIN FLAVOR
Learn to Samba with Diane, Show with Katia Moraes & Pure Samba, Caipirinhas, guarana, coconut water... enjoy a true Brazilian atmosphere!
Saturday, April 4 from 9:30pm to 2am
19540 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA
(818) 566-1111
www.braziliannites.com

UPDATE SAMBAGURU
"Everyday" - directed by Richard Levine (Nip & Tuck) will have a scene featuring our song "Pra Tocar Pandeiro" (Sambaguru).
The film stars Helen Hunt and Liev Schreiber, along with a notably eclectic cast. It is currently in post-production (editing). The release date has yet to be announced, but the buzz is already strong!
The film version of the song is on the CD "Live" by Sambaguru.
The studio version is on "Navegar ao Sol".
www.sambaguru.com

GRATITUDE (GRATIDÃO)
finally got a picture of my mom and I when I was a baby. It was taken when she was bathing me in this big steel bowl. We are both smiling and looking at the camera. Yesterday I blew up a copy of it, framed it and put on top of my desk beside my laptop. This morning I got an email from Michelle Burns from New Jersey. She has an autistic child called Danson and together they wrote a book. Danson, who is 9 years old now, wrote 50 poems using an alphabet board to express his feelings. After reading her Blog I breathed deeply, looked at the beautiful picture beside my computer and felt completely grateful.
April is Autism Month. Take a minute to read her story, learn, buy the book if you can, and be grateful.
http://www.dansonsbook.com/dansonsblog/

AROUND LOS ANGELES
This exhibit runs until May 29 @ Brazilian Mall
The Brazilian Consulate Gallery is celebrating PRIMAVERA (Spring) with Art featuring: Ana Paula Negrão, Andréa Nantes, Bia Gayotto, Bruna Massadas, Eunice Broderick, Flavia Monteiro, Marcelo Moreira, Noeli Zanon, Marcia Brito, Olavo Multini, Rose Lobo and Sandra Zebi on Friday, March 27 @ Brazilian Mall 10826 Venice Blvd., Culver City CA 90232
RSVP: cultural@brazilian-consulate.org
(323) 651-2664, ext. 219

THE BEAUTY OF THE BRAZILIAN WOMAN
My friend Sean posted a little piece of BELEZA DA MULHER BRASILEIRA live (Brendle/Moraes) in YouTube. You can find this song in Sambaguru's new CD TRIBO. ENJOY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uagSFYwwufs&feature=channel_page

BRAZILIAN FOOD / MOQUECA
This is my favorite dish from Brasil and I do it well! See the pic above! Try Moqueca Restaurant for a great tasty journey.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/587113

BANDA BLACK RIO!
Went to a show in March that brought me back to the 70’s. It was Brazilian composer and orchestrator Artur Verocai in his first appearance in LA. He has a 1972 record that was released in 2003 and became a hit among the U.S. Hip Hop community. Artur was backed up by a young and talent orchestra with Airto Moreira, Justo Almario, and members of Azymuth as special guests. It was a blast! Had the pleasure of talking with Carlos Dafe who was one of the original singers of the 1972’s CD (Pic above). I believe they were filming that night, but while the DVD is in its way, check this link and enjoy the sound of one of the greatest samba/funk bands of Brasil!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v2RgancH3k&feature=related

BRAZILIAN LITERATURE / CLARICE LISPECTOR
“When I learned to read and write, I devoured books! I thought books were like trees, like animals: a thing that was born!”
http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt/clarice_lispector2.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ad7b6kqyok (Interview in Portuguese)

If you are in FACEBOOK, join BRAZILIAN HEART and keep in touch. I have been adding interesting cultural links there.

RAPE/ABORTION IN BRASIL/CONTROVERSY
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/world/americas/28brazil.html?emc=eta1

FOR YOU
“Não pense que escrevo aqui o meu mais íntimo segredo pois há segredos que eu não conto nem a mim mesma.”
Don’t think I write my most intimate secret here because there are secrets I don’t even tell to myself.
(Clarice Lispector/ 1920-1977)

DO YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=alison+armstrong&aq=f

Peace and Light,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART MARCH 2009!

BRAZILIAN HEART
MARCH 2209
SINCE 1998

CARNAVAL was great! Here are some pics taken by Alex Niella of the Brazilian Carnaval at the Hollywood Palladium. Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro did a pandeiro duet with Scott Kettner from Nation Beat. My costume was made by the incredible Brad Austin! More pics at www.braziliannites.com

My NEW website is ONLINE NOW! www.katiamoraes.com Let me know what you think.
Re created by Caesar Lima, who did the graphics for Sambaguru’s new CD entitled TRIBO. To listen to the CD, and also download it from DigStation, go to
www.sambaguru.com
Enjoy and let me know what you think.
We’ll be inviting you to our CD Release Party soon!

NEW BRAZILIAN SPOT IN LOS ANGELES COMING UP SOON! Stay tuned!

BRAZILIAN FOOD
If you want to try a Brazilian Restaurant in Pasadena, go to Porto Alegre on Colorado and Garfield.

Just became a member of Jazz On The Tube. Great videos sent to you every day for free. Yes, they have Brazilian Music!
http://www.jazztube.com/

VIVER BRASL DANCE COMPANY
Saturday, March 14
 at 8pm
Celebrate Dance 
 @ Alex Theater, Glendale, CA 
Viver Brasil performs So Moved (In Motion) 
www.celebratedance.org

VIDEO
DJAVAN (Born in Alagoas in January, 1949) is one of my favorite composers. This song is called AZUL (Blue) and it does not have any sad connotation. In Brasil if you say everything is blue, it means everything is cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDzygNoOCtE&feature=related

BRAZILIAN SOCCER (From Brasil to Los Angeles)
The Best Brazilian female soccer in the world is now playing in Los Angeles (SOL). Her name is Marta and she’s from Alagoas…just like Brazilian musician Djavan…
http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-marta25-2009feb25,0,987635.story

TWO BRAZILIAN GIRLS HANGING FROM THE SKY
I was laughing with my husband and said "Let's go to the Circus!" My cell rang and a shy Brazilian female voice said she had seen me at the Brazilian Carnaval and would like to be part of my show one day. She said she was a Trapeze artist...I love synchronicity! Check them out. They are great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcDHud0Ao6E

QUOTE
Eu não sei se vem de Deus
I don’t know if it comes from God
O céu ficar azul
This blue of the sky
Ou virá dos olhos seus
Or if comes from your eyes
Essa cor que azuleja o dia
This color that “tiles” the day
(Excerpt of Azul by Djavan)

My way of expressing how much I’m grateful for your support:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXo3NFqkaRM

With Knowledge, you open your eyes.
With Intelligence, you begin to see,
With Imagination, you paint the Universe.
Peace and Light.
Namastê
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART FEBRUARY 2009!

SAMBAGURU'S NEW CD "TRIBO" IS AVAILABLE NOW!




Visit www.sambaguru.com to get your copy with DigStation!
Photography and Graphic Design of the CD by Caesar Lima:
http://pixelpastahome.blogspot.com/2009/01/samabaguru-tribo.html

SHOWS
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
Saturday, February 21st from 9pm to 2am
At the Brazilian Carnaval @ the new HOLLYWWOD PALLADIUM! (A Live Nation Venue)
www.braziliannites.com
Also featuring Nation Beat, Tropidanza, Viver Brasil Dance Company, DJ Seduce, Mestre Amem & Capoeira Batuque, among others.

Monday, February 9 at 8pm @ Hotel Angeleno (Brentwood)
Where Sunset Blvd. meets the 405 fwy
Featuring Ryan Cross, Lorca, Cristiano Novelli, Bill Brendle and Katia Moraes playing Brazilian Jazz.
Great food, great view and great music!
http://www.hotelangeleno.com/

Wednesday, February 11 at 8pm
The Latin Project @ Little Temple (Santa Monica, CA)
Featuring Jez Colin, Debi Nova, Joel Virgel, Mitchell Long, Katia Moraes, Jorge Villanueva
www.myspace.com/thelatinproject

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS (ALL AGES)
Sing Like a Brazilian Bird! (310) 908-0835

PHOTOGRAPHY
http://www.jorgevismara.net/index.php
CLICK ON Rain in the Amazon river…

BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL PRESS AWARD
You can still vote! I’m nominated by the Brazilian International Press Award in the “Best Brazilian singer in the US” Category (Category #9)
It’s by Popular Vote. Can you give me your support?
www.pressaward.com/votacao.php (scroll down to category #9)

SPIRITUAL CELEBRATION
Valentine Ecstasy Ritual Concert on February 14th, 8-10pm
With Micheline Berry, DJ Drez, Doug Lunn and Vida Vierra, among others. $15 in advance ($20 at door) @ Exhale venice (245 Main St., Venice CA 90291) 310.450.7676
http://www.zendancing.com/

An evening of Brazilian music and Forro
Feb 18th at 8pm. No cover @ Santino's 3021 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica

EXHIBITION
RIO DE JANEIRO,
TWO CENTURIES OF URBAN CHANGE 1808 TO 2008
From January to June 2009 @ Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA. This exhibit celebrates the launch of the UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies. http://international.ucla.edu/lac/events/showevent.asp?eventid=7203

SAMBA ENREDOS OF 2009
Listen to the songs of each Samba School in Rio de Janeiro!
http://odia.terra.com.br/carnaval/sambas_2009.asp
Just click on any samba school's name and dance!!!

BRAZILIAN SOAP OPERA
Caminho das Indias is the name of the new soap opera produced by TV Globo. It takes place in India and Brasil. In the first chapter there is an explanation of how the castes were created... Time to check your Portuguese!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huhpZLSz-a0&feature=related

BOOK
“The Way of Intelligence” by J. Krishnamurti. It reminded me when I read Plato. It requires lots of attention and patience. I was watching the movie “Hurricane” and Denzel Washington’s character was reading this one.
“(…) My relation to you is based on the thought which I have about you. The relationship is not with you, but with the image that I have.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti

OBAMA AND LINCOLN
http://www.azstarnet.com/opinion/
Scroll down, click on The Best of Fitz 2008, then choose the last dot (November 5, 2008)

SANTANNA AND DJAVAN AT ROCK IN RIO IN 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peHh8kD9G3k
My friend Walfredo Reyes is playing drums. Actually, Walfredo, Haakon Graf and I will be playing at Porto Alegre in Pasadena on February 13 and 14.

Peace, Light and Namastê
Katia : )
P.S.: My friend and writer Ernesto Lechner sent me this link to a Roberto Carlos video from 1970. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtNnivozZVY&feature=related

BRAZILIAN HEART! JANUARY 2009

My friend Melinda Kelly found out that The Brazilian International Press Award nominated me. It's a funny feeling knowing you're nominated. It's cool, but there's an old story that plays in my head that keeps saying I should be humble to the point of ignoring the nomination. This new year I'm deleting old stories that I believe are obstacles to my evolution, so this time I'm consciously and joyfully accepting this Earthy success.

Can you give me your support? It'd be sweet to win as well! You can vote in Category #9 at: http://www.pressaward.com/votacao.php

COPACABANA REVEILLON 2008 PANORAMA by Ayrton Camargo:
http://gobrazil.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=gobrazil&cdn=travel&tm=7&f=11&tt=13&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//ayrton.com/360/fs/reveillon2008f.html

FOOD: MOQUECA
Finally a Brazilian restaurant that serves my favorite dish from Brasil: moqueca (fish stew prepared in a clay pot). My friend Gloria Sarcinelli from Espirito Santo state just opened her dream restaurant. Check it out.
http://www.moquecaresturant.com/

MUSIC AROUND
January 8 and 9 with Airto Moreira & Eyedentity (Zaqir Hussain and other special guests) @ Yoshi's (Oakland)

BOOK
I fell in love with Isabel Allende’s stories after watching the movie “House of Spirits”. Here’s a quote from My Invented Country, A Memoir published in 2003.
“My mixed marriage with a gringo hasn’t gone all that badly; we get along (even though most of the time neither of us has the least idea of what the other is talking about) because we are always ready to give each other the benefit of the doubt. The greatest drawback is that we don’t share a sense of humor. Willie can’t believe that I can be funny in Spanish, and as for me, I never know what the devil he’s laughing about. The one thing that amuses us both at the same time are the off-the-cuff speeches of President George W. Bush.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/7/chilean_writer_isabel_alllende_on_her

GEOGRAPHY
Let’s see if you know the map of Brasil well!
http://www.cambito.com.br/games/brasil.htm

NUMBER 11 in 2009
“The year 2009 arrives reigns by the Sun, by the Orixa Oxossi and by the numbers 11 and 2. In Numerology the number 11 is a master number for spiritualy elevated people. The numerologist Cibele Lemos says: “2009 will bring the return to spirituality, to religion, something that was left aside.”

BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE
Every Brazilian knows that “Navegar é preciso” (Navigating is necessary), and usually identifies this with Camões, the great Baroque poet of the Portuguese sea voyages of the early modern age, when Europeans discovered Brazil (the full expression actually goes back to the Roman general, Pompey, who said Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse!" (Navigating is necessary, life is not necessary!).
http://www.brazilmax.com/news.cfm/tborigem/fe_society/id/25

SMILE
A sign spied at a São Paulo shopping mall: “With each purchase, an anti-blackout kit: a candle and a condom.” (appeared at Gazeta Mercantil Newspaper, June 5, 2001)

A PANDEIRO FESTIVAL! WATCH!
Jackson do Pandeiro from Paraiba state would be celebrating 90 years old this year. For my surprise, one of the best pandeiro players living in Los Angeles (Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro) appears in this first YouTube video below with Jackkson do Pandeiro. The second link is a fun duel!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3QQXNgiT2M www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2IKtEOIzU (Duel of Pandeiros)

FOR YOU
In spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon;
In the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter snow will accompany your.
If useless things do not hang in your mind,
Any season is a good season for you

Peace, Light and Namastê,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART! Indian/Brazilian Heart!

BRAZILIAN HEART
December 2008
Since 1998

“(…) The spirit of this city (Mumbai) has always been amazing - this is not the first time there has been a crisis here - there has been terrorists attacks as well as communal riots, but each time the city has always bounced back.”

This is a quote from my dear friend who resides in Mumbai regarding the attacks that happened last week. On his first reply he said he and his wife were shocked and feeling violated. It made me think about the New York residents, and our reactions to 9/11. Here we go, one more chance to think about reactions. Hopefully we can create a different paradigm. Yes, we can.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/king.chopra.mumbai/
(Deepak Chopra’s point of view about it. VERY interesting!)

MOVIE
Have you seen “Slumdog Millionaire”? It’s the best movie I’ve seen this year. The modern vibe reminded me of the Brazilian movie City of God. I felt like adopting the little boy Jamal.
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/

Indian guitarist Sanjay Divecha used to play with Sambaguru. Here’s his first video (Full Circle CD)
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=tZmUOFoCsr

THE POWER OF GIVING
The Garment Worker Center is gearing up for our annual fair trade sale - Shop with a Heart! Come join us to buy fair trade gifts and to celebrate their accomplishments this year. Starts on December 4th. Garment Worker Center 1250 S. Los Angeles St #213 Los Angeles, CA 90015 United States (213) 748-5866
GIFT WITH MEANING
http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/akawelle/Designer.htm

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
Sing Like a Brazilian Bird!
Email for more info.

HISTORY
Over 200,000,000 people around the world claim Portuguese as their native language. This means that far more people speak Portuguese than speak French, German, Italian or Japanese. Portuguese is the seventh most spoken language in the world today, behind English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, and Russian.
http://www.geocities.com/email_theguy/newportweb/portuguese_intro.htm

LAUGH OUT LOUD!
http://www.otoons.de/downloads/bear3.mpg

Feliz Natal (Merry Christmas)
Feliz Ano Novo (Happy New Year)
http://www.otoons.de/joke&game/installing_love.htm

Peace, Light and Namastê,
Katia : )
P.S.: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1892182081

BRAZILIAN HEART! Breath Deeply and Vote!

BRAZILIAN HEART
November 2008
Since 1998

I believe the most important political event I had attended in my life was in my hometown, Rio de Janeiro in 1984. The movement was called DIRETAS JA (DIRECT VOTE NOW) and started in the Northeast of Brasil. In 1983 Teotonio Vilela, a senator from Alagoas, started talking about bringing democracy back after 20 years of dictatorship. Soon after that a dream amendment was written by Dante de Oliveira asking for direct vote and that ignited an incredible amount of Brazilians to go to the streets in search for change.
I don’t remember if I painted my face like my friends, but I definitely screamed, danced and sang from the bottom of my heart in the streets of downtown Rio. One million people squeezed each other from Cinelandia Square to Rio Branco Avenue to Candelaria Church. We’re trying to push president Figueiredo and the Congress to pass the Dante de Oliveira’s Amendment that would bring back Presidential elections. The Brazilian Congress got 298 positive votes against 65, and 112 Congressmen simply didn’t show up to vote at all fearing retaliations.
In 1989 I finally voted for president for the first time in my life.

Please, vote.
(Go Obama!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh1Z0ciU3s8

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
Sing Like a Brazilian Bird!
"I like to emphasize music's connection to fundamental human activities involving movement, language, and emotion. For me music was always intuitively a fundamental language of the human brain and therefore deeply connected to who we are as human beings, and spiritual beings. Relaxation, Breathing, Rhythm and Expression Awareness are basic steps to beautiful singing." Email for more info.

DIOGO NOGUEIRA
November 15 at 9pm @ Santa Monica Bar & Grille
www.braziliannites.com

THE LATIN PROJECT (Hosted by Debi Nova)
November 20 at 10pm at Plush @ The Key Club
(West Hollywood)
www.myspace.com/thelatinproject

SENSE OF HUMOR
“Patient: Doctor, I have a pain in my eye whenever I drink tea.
Doctor: Take the spoon out of the mug before you drink.”

“The sense of humor is part, an essential part, of the wholeness of man. It keeps him healthy, it keeps him young, it keeps him fresh. And for centuries the sad people have dominated religion. They have expelled laughter -- from the churches, from the mosques, from the temples. The day laughter enters back into the holy places they will be really holy, because they will be whole. Laughter is the only quality that distinguishes man from other animals. Only man can see the ridiculous, the absurd.” (Osho)

“May the long time sun shine upon you,
All love surround you,
And the pure light within you
Guide your way on.”

Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART! Breath Deeply and... Sing!

BRAZILIAN HEART
October 2008
Since 1998

“Your life is yours and yours alone . . . do not allow the storms of this time to erode your glory. Believe in yourself to the extent that no external word, deed or thought can minimize your potency.” (Guru Singh)

PERFORMANCE
Thursday, October 16 at 8pm
Katia Moraes & Brazilian ElectrOrganics!
At PLUSH @ THE KEY CLUB
9039 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA, 90069
http://www.keyclub.com/sub_info.php
Hosted by Debi Nova (obrigada, Debi)
8pm Katia Moraes
9pm Debi Nova
10pm Andrea Ferraz

LA Phil Presents Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio
On Wed OCT 29 at 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Oscar Castro-Neves
Celebrating the First 50 Years of Bossa Nova!
@ Wortham Center's Cullen Theater International Series
Houston, TX
http://www.worthamcenter.org
With Don Grusin, Charlie Bisharat, Gary Meek, Hussain Jiffry, Alex Acuña and Katia Moraes)

PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMAZON
My friend Jorge Vismara just came back from a trip to the Amazon region. Check his beautiful photographs!
http://jorgevismara.net/navegaramazonia/

MOVIE
WALT DISNEY & EL GRUPO opened in Brasil last week. The movie is about the “US Government suggested trip” that Walt Disney made to Latin America in 1941. For more info: www.waltandelgrupo.com

VOICE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
I like to emphasize music's connection to fundamental human activities involving movement, language, and emotion. For me music was always intuitively a fundamental language of the human brain and therefore deeply connected to who we are as human beings, and spiritual beings. Relaxation, Breathing, Rhythm and Expression Awareness are basic steps to beautiful singing.
More info by email katia@katiamoraes.com

Peace, Light and Namastê,
Katia
P.S.: Go Obama!

www.katiamoraes.com
www.myspace.com/katiamoraes
http://katiabrazil.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/sambaguru (songs of new CD)

“ … And Moraes' singing, as always, was a virtual definition of the passion that is an implicit part of Brazilian music."
Don Heckman / LOS ANGELES TIMES

BRAZILIAN HEART / SEPTEMBER 2008

Here’s an interview with my Brazilian friend and Grammy Award Winner MOOGIE CANAZIO.
Moogie is a talent sound enginner and producer who have worked with Sergio Mendes, Caetano Veloso, João Gilberto, Maria Bethania, Ivan Lins, and many more. We talked about growing up in Copacabana, discovering music, politics, family, food, and spiritual matters.

Enjoy!
(And leave a comment!)
http://www.caesarphoto.com/interview.html

SAMBAGURU IS DONE MASTERING THE NEW CD!
For a preview, visit www.myspace.com/sambaguru

TRIBUTE TO DORIVAL CAYMMI (1914-2008)
Brazilian composer/singer Dorival Caymmi passed away two weeks ago. Carmem Miranda made him famous with the recording “O que é que a Bahiana tem.” The following link shows Dorival singing on a Brazilian movie from 1950’s. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATRYXkvBkKM

BRAZILIAN FOOD (MOQUECA) http://www.moquecarestaurant.com/About_Us.html

Have you ever heard about the Leningrad Cowboys? Follow the link, scroll down and watch the video… political incorrectness at its top. http://www.leningradcowboys.fi/main.site?action=news/news&ids=0

VIVER BRASIL (FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC) Saturday, September 14 at 1pm at the Latin American Art Museum in Long Beach
http://www.festivalofsacredmusic.org/0914MOLAA.html
www.viverbrasil.com

From where I am
To who I am,
Katia : )
P.S.: GO OBAMA/BIDEN!!!

BRAZILIAN HEART + Free Concerts

BRAZILIAN HEART
August 2008
Since 1998

This July I met a geophysicist in Anderson’s Conn Valley (Napa Valley) who said Al Gore’s Global Warming idea was not based in accurate facts. I tried to argue with him, but everything I got back was this sweet comment: “You’re a very emotional person (me? Hahahaha) and you need to research the facts.” OK. Here is something I found revolutionary and it is based in facts. See if you agree with me. Check it out and pinch yourself. This can be the solution for the oil crisis! (I feel like everyone has a solution for it these days. What’s yours?)
http://zeropollutionmotors.us/?page_id=46

PERFORMANCES
Friday, Aug. 1st at 7pm
Sambaguru featuring Katia Moraes
@ LEVITT PAVILION (MacCarthur Park, Los Angeles, CA)
http://www.levittpavilionlosangeles.org/en/calendar.html
FREE

Saturday, Aug. 2nd at 11am
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ GETTY CENTER (West Los Angeles, CA)
http://www.carsla.net
Price: FREE

Thursday, Aug. 7th at 8pm
Katia Moraes & ElectrOrganics
Brazilian Alternative Music Night featuring Carla Hassett, Grecco Buratto, D. Booker and more)
@ TANGIER
www.tangierrestaurant.net
www.myspace.com/brazilianalternativemusicnight

Friday, Aug. 8th at 8:30pm & 10:30pm
Sambaguru featuring Katia Moraes
@ LA VE LEE (Studio City, CA)
Reservations: (818) 980-8158
www.laveleejazzclub.com

Saturday, Aug. 9th from 5pm to 7pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ LACMA (Los Angeles, CA)
FREE
http://www.lacma.org/programs/LatinSounds.aspx

Thursday, Aug. 14th at 10pm
Katia Moraes & Pure Samba
@ ZANZIBAR (Afro Funke Night)
Santa Monica, CA
www.zanzibarlive.com

BRAZILIAN MUSIC IN THE U.S. (PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL)
Interviews with Sergio Mendes, Katia Moraes, Luciana Souza, Jorge Alabe and more
http://www.afropop.org/radio/radio_program/ID/713/The%20Brazilian%20Diaspora%20in%20the%20United%20States

COMPARING TWO VERSIONS OF A BRAZILIAN SONG
Brazilian guitarists Yamandu and Armandinho playing Apanhei-te Cavaquinho by Ernesto Nazareth composed in 1915
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P08ve0XsK3s
WALT DISNEY VERSION of Apanhei-te Cavaquinho by Ernesto Nazareth
http://www.almacarioca.com.br/arte193.htm

NATURA (Brazilian Beauty Line)
http://www.naturabrasil.fr/default_GVS.aspx?CurrentStoreId=2&CurrentLanguageId=2
THE BAHIA HOMELESS HOUSING PROJECT (PHDB) Obrigada, Erica!
phdb-br.org

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Flutist Rebecca Kleinman at La Ve Lee on Aug. 6th

FOR YOU
Enjoy my favorite childhood spot in Brasil (UBU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxkXz_Zb4N4&feature=related
“I begin to see an object when I cease to understand it.”
(David Henry Thoreau)

Peace and Light,
Katia : )

BRAZILIAN HEART/New Project

BRAZILIAN HEART
July 2008
Since 1998

When I got my laptop I started using a program called Garage Band. It took me at least 2 years to have the courage to show my compositions live. Your chameleon friend is back with a new project!
KA MORAES
Brazilian Organic & Electronic Sounds
Featuring Jack Majdecki on guitars and Leo Costa on percussion/electronics
I’d love to know what you think. Join me at one of the following shows on July 10, 11 and 17. More info below or at www.myspace.com/katiamoraes

SHOWS
Saturday, July 5th @ Ford Amphitheater at 8:30pm (Kids show at 10am)
With VIVER BRASIL Dance Company
www.viverbrasil.com

Monday, July 7th at noon
Live appearance @ Internet Radio
www.killradio.org

Thursday, July 10 (and July 17) at 8:30pm
@ D’Cache (Toluca Lake) NO COVER CHARGE
KA MORAES Brazilian Organic & Electronic Sounds
www.dcacherestaurant.com/

Friday, July 11 at 8:30pm
@ La Ve Lee (Studio City)
Reservations (818) 980-8158
KA MORAES Brazilian Organic & Electronic Sounds

Sat, July 19th @ The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts
With SAMBAGURU (Special guest on bass Rene Camacho)
San Rafael, CA
http://www.marinjcc.org
www.myspace.com/sambaguru

BRAZILIAN MUSICIANS LIVING IN THE U.S. by Jason Stanyek
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/music/Stanyek.html
Jason interviewed me for his book about Brazilian musicians living in the U.S. The interview will be broadcasted this weekend on Afropop (NPR) and will feature one of Sambaguru’s new tunes.
It's not broadcast on any stations in LA but you can find a stream here:
http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/program.pl?programid=65
Info here: http://www.afropop.org/radio/recent.php

ONÇA PINTADA (Brazilian Jaguar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15uMANab0xA&feature=related

REMEMBERING BRAZILIAN CONCERTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5TvfFq81xw&feature=related

AROUND LOS ANGELES
Thu, July 3rd at 8pm
Brazilian Alternative Music Nite hosted by Carla Hassett
@ Tangier
http://myspace.com/brazilianalternativemusicnight
http://tangierrestaurant.net

Sunday, July 13th Grupo Revelação
@ Ford Amphitheater
www.braziliannites.com

MUSICAL MAGIC (Water Organ in Zadar, Croatia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nISG7iBk-A

BRAZILIAN WRITER
I’m reading “Clara dos Anjos” by Lima Barreto (1881/1922). “He used a very sarcastic, but disguised, style of writing, what prevented him from being persecuted by politicians or military authorities, his favorite ‘victims’.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_Barreto

MOVIE
NOEL, O POETA DA VILA (Noel Rosa, The Poet of Vila)
Noel is one of my favorite composers from Brasil!
Screening on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7:30pm
@ James Bridges Theatre (UCLA)
http://www.international.ucla.edu/lac/events/index.asp?action=NextMonth&EventDate=6/1/2008&CenterID=0

BLINDNESS was directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meireles (City of God, Constant Gardener) based on the novel by Nobel prize winner Jose Saramago. It’ll be released in the U.S. this fall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMdnhK5ZuiI

FOR YOU
"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."
By Paulo Coelho (Brazilian Writer, b.1947)

“Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a nationality.”
By Karen Allen (American Actress, b.1951)

Peace and Light,
Katia : )

Back From Brasil!

BRAZILIAN HEART
June 2008
Since 1998

I’m back from Brasil!
The warm Atlantic water and a crazy traffic. The delicious fruit juices and a credit card mania. The lively conversations with my friends and people sleeping in the streets of Copacabana. Ah…the coconut water… and some family issues… In the middle of all, the statue of poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade sits on a beach bench and poses for a picture with tourists from all over the world (check the video of the statue below).
My country is a country of contradictions and with so much creativity. Everybody has an opinion about everything. I found lots of interesting cultural cable TV programs, watched Brazilian movies, a play, a free concert on the beach celebrating rock star Cazuza, and went to historic Lapa in downtown Rio where there is an incredible amount of nightclubs with great live music. As soon as I got back to the US my skin broke… I miss the humidity!

NEW MUSIC!
Thu, June 5 at 8pm @ Tangier (2138 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz)
www.tangierrestaurant.net/
(Brazilian Alternative Music Night organized by Carla Hassett)
I’ll be singing my new compositions accompanied by Jack Majdecki on guitar and Leo Costa on perc/drums/eletronics.
www.myspace.com/brazilianalternativemusicnight

More dates at www.katiamoraes.com
Or www.myspace.com/katiamoraes

VISITING RIO (I recommend)
Carioca da Gema Bar in Lapa:
http://www.vivatravelguides.com/south-america/brazil/southeast/rio-de-janeiro/lapa/lapa-restaurants/carioca-da-gema/
Fort of Copacabana (one of the best views of Rio):
http://www.fortedecopacabana.com/modules/fotos/public-album.php?id=11

BRAZILIAN WRITER
Machado de Assis was born in my hometown Rio de Janeiro in June 1839, and is one of the most important writers of my country and of Latin America. I read few of his books in school. I’m reading his first novel written in 1872 titled Resurrection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machado_de_Assis

MOVIE
ESTOMAGO (Stomach/2007) directed by Brazilian filmmaker Marcos Jorge. It is a Brazilian/Italian production and the best movie I watched in Rio last month. Link below for the preview.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1417342234&channel=1214718128

DANCE
Viver Brasil Dance Company is presenting Tuesday Water Series at Dance Arts Academy, 731 S. La Brea Ave, LA 90036. The Gift on the Water package includes 5 classes for $58. The Single class is $15.
Get ready to swim to shore for Viver Brasil's 6th season at the Ford Amphitheatre on July 5, 2008.
More info www.viverbrasil.com

EVENTS AROUND TOWN
Sat, June 7
Roberto Carlos @ Gibson Amphitheater
www.robertocarlosusa.com

Fri, June 13 at 8:30pm
Djavan @ Ford Amphitheater
www.braziliannites.com

Monday, June 30 at 8pm
Gilberto Gil @ 4th & B (San Diego)
www.braziliannites.com

ARRANCO DE VARSOVIA ( A band from Rio)
http://www.arrancodevarsovia.com.br/
www.myspace.com/arrancodevarsovia

VIDEO (Carlos Drummond de Andrade’s statue in Copacabana)
In February 2008 someone stole the glasses of the statue. The City installed a new one, but a trickster Carioca stole it again.
http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM830145-7823-ESTATUA+DE+CARLOS+DRUMMOND+DE+ANDRADE+RECEBE+NOVOS+OCULOS,00.html

FOR YOU
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito"
African Proverb

Peace and Love,
Katia : )