Paula Maya at Coffee Break with Candace

Coffee Break with Candace

It's a YouTube series with music performances and interviews with Austin musicians! Candace Bellamy is the Producer, Host and show creator, plus a talented singer and my friend :) She was kind to invite me to be a part of it. We sang together 'Corcovado (Quiet Nights) and then we talked. Or maybe I should say, I talked! Check it out below:

 

 

2nd Brazilian Music in the Garden

Produced by Newsom's Garden Party and Brasil Musica e Cultura.

A whole lotta rain in Austin, TX. Record rainfall indeed! Seattle allover again ;) But Sunday should be a beautiful day and the 2nd Brazilian
Music in the Garden is on, happening this Sunday Jun 5th! We are very excited about it! I have great players with me, Mr. Joe McCreary on drums and Sticky Lopez on bass and back vocals. Such a great vibe is Bill Newsom's garden. Perfect for an event like this. All we need is you :)

A couple of friends and talented artists will be selling their jewellery - in fact you've seen me wearing gorgeous necklaces made by one of them. Also, I'll be making the famous Brazilian brigadeiros - delicious chocolate balls. A tiny bird told me there will be some Brazilian pão de queijo - cheese balls, some home-made savory scones, and who knows what else! We encourage you to bring a dish or finger food to share - not required though.

Come share a great day of music, food, community and fun!
* Children are welcome! (no dogs please)
* Gorgeous swimming pool and fire pit!
* Dancing
* BYOB
* Feel free to bring heat resistant food to share
* Music from 4-6pm
* Free street parking
* Please bring folding chairs and/or blankets to sit on.
* $10. suggested donation

* Facebook event link

For more pics please go here. Thank you so much for stopping by!

2016 Paula Maya Video

Pic by Lisa Hause

My band has a new promotional video out. It is short, less than 3 min!

This short video features several clips from jazz festivals, a few pics, recordings off our new release 'Iluminar', and even a drum solo. All in less than 3 min, if you can believe it!

Please go here and check it out. I think you will be entertained, and will be helping great independent music and musicians in the process!

Thank you so much! Muitíssimo obrigada, ou, obrigadinha, como diria a minha vó Toni!

Newsom's Garden Party - Video & Pics

 Hi all. Wow, how lucky we were with our music series, the first Newsom's Garden Party, Brazilian Edition! The day started cloudy but early afternoon a beautiful sun came shinning through! Since that weekend it seems to me that we've had a lot of rain! Thank you all who made it to Brazilian Music in the Garden!

Here are some pics taken by Bill Newsom and Robert Wyatt. Also, here is a link to a video of Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) taken by our friend Magic Jack. It starts at the drum solo, with Joe McCreary on drums and Brad Houser on bass. Enjoy! We'll see you soon.

Dancing Around Their Queen

I don't know if any of you sees it this way. When I listen to baroque music and all the ornamentations that go along with it I imagine the tonic (the first note of a scale) or any of the 'more important' notes of that scale as a beautiful noble lady. And I envision the ornaments as her 'súditos', her subjects, dancing around her. All the trillos, mordants and cadences are dancing baroque steps, inevitably arriving at their Queen sitting on her throne.

Spring

Tulips of many colors: purple, yellow, red, orange and silver. The ground was like a giant colorful wave swaying in the wind. From the sky my wings melted and I dove right in. The petals were soft like satin and they smelled like fresh life. Slowly I hovered over the purple ones and sank in till my body kissed the Earth. And so I rested.

Throw It All Up In The Air

Throw it all up in the air and see how everything falls down.

It's very windy today. The doves are cooing, as usual. A staple sound of Austin. The birds sing and the siren screams. Saturday morning in the midst of SXSW. The colors outside are reserved. Green, gray and cream. The chimes tell us of tales not ever told. We daydream listening to its words of wisdom. Whispers from a past long ago.

Sim querido vento me conta as suas histórias e aventuras. Quantas folhas te passaram. Quantos pássaros te cantaram. Quantas árvores você já adormeceu, quantos galhos são sua família? O seu sino é cristalino, lá do céu, do Paraíso. Esse seu Paraíso que é realmente na Terra. Seu som, sua música eterna, sua vibração que nunca vai parar. O vento canta nas folhas, como se fosse o mar. Você pode imaginar um mundo sem esse som? Sem árvores, sem verde, apenas pedras e areia? Não. Não quero. Isso seria profundamente infeliz.