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• New Tunes: Sergio Mendes - Encanto by IckMusic

  "I can’t claim to know much about Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes, beside the fact that I love this song from his 1992 album Brasileiro… Mendes has been active in the music industry since 1961, when he formed the Sexteto Bossa Rio. In 1965, he moved to New York City,..."

• Pop: Sergio Mendes - Encanto by La Onda Tropical

  "Sergio Mendes was responsible for popularizing the bossa nova movement in the US back in the sixties, playing countless concerts with American jazz legends (Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Mann) and his own band Brasil '66. His cover of Jorge Ben's "Mas Que Nada" is common property: the older folks remember the..."

• Usher Stands Tall, But Mariah Teeters Over Him [Who Charted] by Idolator

  "Usher's Here I Stand was widely expected to take the top spot on this week's albums chart, and it did. But its seemingly endless promotional blitz, which stretched from Dancing With The Stars to the morning shows and back to crazytown, resulted in 443,000 sales—a respectable total when you think..."

• EF History Lesson: Product Placement (L-O-L-A) by EAR FARM

  "Today is June 3rd. Thirty-eight years ago to this very day, Ray Davies was forced to fly round-trip from the US to England just to record the words "cherry cola" in place of the original lyrics he had written and recorded for the Kinks' future hit "Lola".The BBC had refused..."

• Digitalism no Skol Beats 2008? by kitsunemusic

  "Eu nem ia postar aqui pois a notícia já se espalhou pra todo lado... mas não custa reforçar, né? hahaAo que parece, Digitalism é um dos nomes para o Skol Beats 2008. O duo já havia colocado nos Upcoming Shows do myspace as infos da festa: 27 Sep 2008 @..."