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Lodging in Salvador: Apartments and Guesthouses

Rio Gringa

Okay, she's in New York now, but Rachel Glickhouse spent a couple of years in Rio and obviously learned (and continues to learn) more about Brazilian politics and culture than most estrangeiros (foreigners) who spend decades in Brazil.

Daniella Thompson...

...is a witty, erudite, and very entertaining writer on, among other things, Brazilian music.

Nei Lopes's Meu Lote

Nei Lopes is a Brazilian National Treasure...sambista, writer, researcher, lawyer. When the man "talks", I listen (with at least one political exception)! Em português (é claro!).

Forte de Santo Antônio Além do Carmo

The blog for the Forte de Santo Antônio, cultural center and headquarters for seven masters of capoeira angola.

Music Sites

Músicos do Brasil: Um Enciclopédia Instrumental

An online encyclopedia of Brazilian instrumentalists...a wonderful resource!

Regional Sites

Cachoeira Online

It's about time! Thank you Cacau Nascimento!

Maragogipe Acontece
(Maragogipe Happens)

A site local to the town of Maragogipe, on the Baía do Iguape, on the far side of the Baía de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints). Em português.

Diário Maragogipano

Another Maragogipe site, an unofficial newspaper.

Portal Santiago

A site local to the village of Santiago do Iguape, also on on the Baía do Iguape.

Official Sites Related to Bahia, Pelourinho, Etc.

Plug Cultura

The Bahian Secretary of Culture's blog (em português)...

Câmaras Temáticas - Centro Antigo de Salvador
(Thematic Rooms - Salvador's Old Center)

This is the blog of the conglomeration of government entities charged with bettering Old Salvador, an area stretching from Vítoria to Santo Antônio and of course including Pelourinho. Strange name, I must say...I'm going to try to find out what it's supposed to mean. Em português, of course.

Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia
(Cultural Foundation of the State of Bahia)

Secretaria de Turismo da Bahia
(Bahian Secretary of Tourism)

IPAC: Instituto do Patrimônio Artístico e Cultural da Bahia
(Bahian Institute of Cultural and Artistic Patrimony)

Music Sites

Blog Casa da Música

The Casa da Música is located in Itapoan. (em português)

Blog do Teatro Solar da Boa Vista

The Teatro Solar da Boa Vista is located in Salvador's neighborhood of Engenho Velho de Brotas, in a house once lived in by poet Castro Alves. (em português)

Agenda do Samba & Choro

Rio-based site, a treasure of information having to do with samba & choro...events, biographies, etc. (em português)

Via Euterpe is an experiment...an attempt to solve a problem.

Say, for example, that I am in Brazil. And there is this great pianist in Cuba that I would love to know about, if I even knew to know that I wanted to know about him...see what I mean? The problem of course is that I don't even know the guy exists. He's great, but he's only really known to his friends, and some friends of friends.

He's not on a major label, not on the radio, not making tons of money...but nevertheless he plays great, life-enriching music. And how am I to know...

So I set up Via Euterpe (Euterpe of course being the Greek muse of music). Somebody, a friend of the guy maybe, recommends him on Via Euterpe. And several people have recommended the guy that recommended him. And for each one of them, several people (or more) have recommended them. Suddenly there are scores of pathways leading to the Great Unknown Cuban Pianist!

Ipso facto presto chango! The music world is changed forever!

Via Euterpe is open to anybody who loves music, both musicians and non-musicians (it's also accessible here in order to not view it within the limiting framework of Bahia-Online).

Euterpe wants (to recommend) YOU!

Alain Zamrini's Furnished Apartments in Salvador Bahia.

Daniel Blumenthal's Furnished Apartments in Salvador Bahia.
Carnival in Salvador Bahia!