When Brazil Got the Blues: The Diffusion of Blues in Brazil

Thisarticlewillexamine theintroduction of blues in Brazil (1985-1992), a phenomenon thathas not yet been addressed scholarly spheres until now. By highlighting the processes globalization and Brazilian band from Riode Janeiro, Blues Etílicos, I ask what were spaces, places, venues that helped to disseminate throughout Brazil? How does an African-American-based genre adopted popularized by upper-and-middle-class white urbanites To answer these questions, discuss process ofglobalization Geography music, political, musical,and cultural backdrops, end Brazil’s military dictatorship 1985, which overlappedwith major rock festival, “Rock Rio,” later, first festival Ribeirão Preto 1989. This article adds literature music geography looking at ongoing discussions changing cultural, musical landscapes.