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Brazilian music, handled with lived-in curiosity.
Caipirinha Appreciation Society treats Brazilian music like a living map, not a museum shelf. MDC Swingy and Kika Serra move between new bands, older favorites, regional grooves, track recaps, and affectionate detours with an easy conversational rhythm.
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Caipirinha Appreciation Society is a Brazilian music show with the feel of a radio mixtape run by people who know where good records might be hiding. Its promise is not novelty for novelty's sake. It is range, memory, and taste. MDC Swingy and Kika Serra open the door to songs, then keep adding little handles: a place, a scene, a band they want back, a past episode, a new release, an old playlist that had been sitting neglected on a computer. The format can be brisk. A track arrives, gets framed, plays out, and later returns in a recap with just enough detail to send a listener searching. Episodes make room for samba, choro, indie, African connections, surf versions, percussion-heavy programs, political flashes, and regional references from Recife to Rio to Belém do Pará. The show is warm without being glossy. It likes enthusiasm, but it does not flatten everything into hype. One week can lean into fresh releases. Another can rest in Saquarema and revisit older tunes. A rerun can still feel useful because the catalog is treated as a living storehouse rather than archive dust. Guest shout-outs and musician IDs add to the communal feeling, making the show sound connected to people who make and follow the music. The voices are also comfortable with digression. That can mean platform jokes, local event notes, tributes, title recaps, or quick asides that make the program feel handmade. The best moments come when a song is not just played but situated. Listeners hear names such as Itamar Assunção, Anelise Assunção, Guto Beluco, O Quadro, Gustavo da Lua, Academia da Berlinda, and Mundo Livre S.A. inside a wider web of affection and curiosity. The show rewards patience. It is not built for a quick headline scan. It is built for people who want two hours of guided wandering through Brazilian music beyond the obvious postcards. Its charm is that it can be funny, sincere, educational, and shaggy in the same breath.
Made for: For listeners who want Brazilian music discovery with context, personality, and a wide ear for scenes beyond the familiar exports. It works especially well for playlist explorers, world music fans, and Brazil lovers who enjoy track-by-track guidance.
What sets it apart: The show pairs catalog reach with a casual, community-rooted presentation. Instead of treating Brazilian music as a fixed canon, it keeps moving between new releases, old finds, regional scenes, musician shout-outs, and detailed recaps.
Iconic Brazilian music podcast, on air and online since December 2004. From MPB to Tropicalia, from Samba to Soul, from Indie to Choro - always beyond the clichés.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brazilian music becomes a lively curatorial conversation, with generous playback, precise track identification, and context delivered without flattening discovery into a lecture.
Caipirinha Appreciation Society keeps its radio-show bones: generous stretches of Brazilian music, quick links between selections, and detailed track recaps.
Between carnival samba and a surf-music curveball, your Brazil playlist stops behaving itself.
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A warm Brazilian music journey where remembrance, 007, samba, choro, and African sounds cross paths.
This Caipirinha Appreciation Society episode traces a broad, affectionate route through Brazilian music, opening with a remembrance of a friend whose life had crossed New York, Japan, and Senegal.
A loose, affectionate tour through Brazilian music, shaped by song cues, lineage, discovery, and quick context.
The episode treats Brazilian music as a winding route, not a fixed canon. It opens with Bicho do Mato, then moves through Thiago Romaro's "Raro Reparo" and Guto Beluco's Maradentro, where unpublished material by Itamar Assuncao is set to music.
A Carnival set that treats Brazilian samba as a living musical world, not a decorative backdrop.
Carnival gives the Caipirinha Appreciation Society a lively way into Brazilian music beyond the usual shortcuts. The episode starts with Salgueiro de Corpo Fechado, then circles back through Baiana System, DJ LK, Moraes Moreira, Moacir Luz e o Samba do Trabalhador, and Paraiso…
A warm Brazilian music session where discovery matters more than tidy certainty.
CAS 517 makes a year without carnival atmosphere feel loose and alive, tracing a path through Brazilian music that starts with Daira and later opens out to Saci Uere, Gabriel Oliveira, Barba Tuques, Grupo Bongar, and Magabo.
A lively Brazilian music episode that connects fresh discoveries with family history and musical lineage.
CES 550 frames Brazilian music as something living and connected, not a tour of familiar postcards. MDC Swingy and Kika Serra move from Bicho do Mato to Thiago Romaro's Raro Reparo featuring Laia, then draw a clear thread through Annelise Assuncao, Itamar Assuncao, Guto Beluco's…
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Israeli songs with memory, context, and heart.
An hour of Italian music, north to south.
The hosts of Caipirinha Appreciation Society introduce a rerun episode about the end of the world, featuring Brazilian music beyond clichés.
Ivana and Kika Serra introduce a rerun episode of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society, featuring new songs and remote musical collaborations made during the pandemic.
A rerun of a Brazilian music show exploring end-of-the-world themed songs beyond clichés.
This episode of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast introduces Cape Verdean singer Gabriela Mendes and promotes Brazilian music beyond clichés.
Hosts Alejandra Pech and Kika Serra present a Brazilian music show from Barcelona, focusing on new and diverse tracks beyond clichés.
The Caipirinha Appreciation Society presents episode 550, focusing on Brazilian music beyond clichés.
The hosts introduce their podcast dedicated to presenting Brazilian music beyond cliches, listing distribution platforms and teasing the episode's content.
Kostas Chiagas introduces the Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast, promoting Brazilian music and encouraging listeners to subscribe and engage.
A passionate invitation to Brazil lovers to celebrate Brazilian pride through its beaches, rainforest, carnival, football, capoeira, music, and culture.
The hosts of Caipirinha Appreciation Society revisit old Brazilian music playlists during a restful stay in Saquarema, starting with a greeting to Exu.
The hosts of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast introduce their mission to showcase Brazilian music beyond cliches, with a teaser about a story involving the Federal Police.
Caipirinha Appreciation Society plays Brazilian music "beyond clichés" while the hosts react to a Mondomix review that calls the show "the Brazilian underground." They also connect the program to artists like Daniel Vazquez, Kiko Serra, and João Nogueira, then move through tracks by Dois no Choro, Pandeiro do Mestre, and Black Future.
MDC Swingy and Kika Serra use "Enigma do Frevo" by DJ Dolores to push back on the idea that Frevo is only for Carnival, calling it "100% urban" and tied to Recife's culture.
MDC Swing and Kika Serra frame CAS 548, "Sambadrome," around Carnival sambas, with "Salgueiro de Corpo Fechado" by Xande de Pilares e Pedrinho da Flor opening a set built on Candomblé references.
Caipirinha Appreciation Society: Brazilian music beyond the clichés presents "Carnival DOs and DON'Ts" from Rio de Janeiro with Barry, MDC Suingui, and Kika Serra.
CAS 547 is the second of two episodes in which MDC Swing and Kika Serra pair Cape Verdean tracks with Brazilian music, including Marina Iris's "Travessias" and Baiana System's "Palheiro" and "Agulha".
The hosts discuss the 1964 Brazilian military coup and its effects on Brazilian culture and music, featuring a track by Benegão.