THE MEC Radio debut the series To the sound of boleros and tangosunpublished production presented by journalist and writer Ruy Castro. In four episodes, the program airs the public station with weekly editions from this Sunday (13), at 21h.
The original series explores the evolution and history of two of the most emblematic genres of popular music: tango and bolero. With a detailed approach, Ruy Castro mixes historical research and engaging narrative to show how these musical influences intertwined with Brazilian culture.
“The bolero and the tango were special. They were part of the Brazilian’s musical daily life as if they were our thing,” defines the journalist, about the songs created in the 1940s and 1950s. Each week, the listeners of MEC Radio will check an unprecedented edition: The Bolero in Brazil, The Bolero Brazil, The tango dates samba and And Brazil falls in the tango.
The production of Ruy Castro, Heloisa Seixas and Julia Romeu is available on various platforms. Besides accompanying in dial of the broadcaster, the public can check the exclusive content in the Radios EBC app, in the transmission in streaming node website of the public broadcaster and in format podcast for the Spotify.
First episode
In The Bolero in Brazilthe debut episode of the series, Ruy Castro highlights the coming of several Latin American singers to Brazil, including artists from Mexico and Cuba, where the bolero reigned. The program also points out that even Brazilian singers loved to sing boleros, in Spanish or even in Portuguese.
Throughout the attraction, Ruy Castro rescues emblematic songs of the presence of bolero in Brazilian culture. They are: Maybe, maybe, maybe (interpreted by the trio Irakitan); Flavor to me (also with the trio Irakitan); Perfidy (in the voice of Nelson Gonçalves); Kiss me a lot (Francisco José); You got used to me (Nana Caymmi); La Puerta (Nana Caymmi); Perfidia/fordon (Altemar Dutra); With you I learned (Altemar Dutra); Noche (Madalena de Paula); A MUJER (João Gilberto); Black Angelites (Caetano Veloso); SI ENAMOROO ME (Leny Andrade); UN Argentine en Brazil (Dick Farney); and UNA (Emílio Santiago).
About Ruy Castro
Journalist and writer Ruy Castro began his professional career as a reporter in 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, and acted in the main vehicles of the Rio and Paulistana press. In 1988 he devoted himself to books and made his debut as a writer in 1990, with the release of No more longing: the history and stories of bossa nova.
He is the author of Biographies by Nelson Rodrigues, Garrincha and Carmen Miranda, historical reconstitutions about Bossa Nova, the samba-song and Rio de Janeiro of the 1920s, as well as novels and works on cinema and literature. In 2021, he was awarded the Machado de Assis Award of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (GLA). The following year, he was elected to occupy Chair 13 of the GLA.
About Radio MEC
Known from north to south of the country as “The Radio of Classical Music of Brazil”, the MEC Radio It is consecrated by the public for its vocation directed to classical music. The traditional station dedicates 80% of its programming to classical music and leads to Brazilian and foreign composers of all time.
THE MEC Radio It offers listeners the experience of following segmented repertoires, original compositions and qualified productions. There is still space also for jazz and Brazilian popular music, a combination that guarantees the conquest of new audiences and pleases the captive audience.
The station can be tuned by FM 99.3 MHz and AM 800 kHz frequency in Rio de Janeiro. THE dial from the MEC Radio In Brasilia is in FM 87.1 MHz and AM 800 kHz. The public also follows the programming in Belo Horizonte at FM 87.1 MHz frequency. The content is still aired in the EBC Radios app.
Listeners have guaranteed participation and can collaborate with suggestions for the programming of MEC Radio. The public can interact through social networks and WhatsApp. To do this, it is enough for interested parties to send text messages to (21) 99710-0537.
