Paulinho da Viola, steps away
Paulinho da Viola and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)Paulinho da Viola & degrees of proximity
Why again is Paulinho da Viola mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet???
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: me, the Artist
Artist & Where
- Name: Paulinho da Viola
- City/Place: Rio de Janeiro
- Country: Brazil
Life & Work
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Bio:
A sambista who started his career in Zicartola, Cartola's club in the 1960s, his payment being bus fare home, and then back for the next time he'd play.
Paulinho had been adopted by the composers of the Portela samba school after having been taken to meet them by Hermínio Bello de Carvalho, who recognized Paulinho as the son of choroão (choro player) César Faria when he got to the window of the bank where he'd been standing in line.
It was Paulinho's first job. His father hadn't wanted Paulinho to work as a professional musician, considering the work too insecure. Later Paulinho would write a beautiful song about this, 14 anos (14 Years Old).
Paulinho went on to become a magnificent sambista and chorão, composing many, many beautiful sambas. He also has the voice of an angel. And in public anyway, a temperament to match.
Media & Markets
- ▶ Twitter: paulinhodaviola
- ▶ Instagram: paulinhodaviola
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UC14FL5fYa8aPKghYRwrTkXw
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/1UpjEv84CuTDus9L5br86V
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/0ROUnAXYIbuVYYksmWhkVc
- ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/0ROUnAXYIbuVYYksmWhkVc
- ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/7rF6hgJfhkeIx2HuOE1p2G
- ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/2nGpo81bnXYrJWj1p6QH77
Clips (more may be added)
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Paulinho da Viola - Foi Um Rio Que Passou Em Minha Vida
71 views
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Nervos de Aço
365 views
ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
While the Brazilian musicians I work with now you may not know, I formerly worked (chasing unpaid royalties!) on behalf of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, Jim Hall, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Philip Glass, The Cadillacs (Earl Carroll), The Flamingos (Zeke and Jake Carey), and others, including Oscar-winning world-class great-guy Robb Royer. I was interviewed by David Dye for broadcast on U.S. National Public Radio several years ago ... about the Brazilians:
- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
