The Best of Marisa Monte

The Best of Marisa Monte. brings us two hours of Brazilian warmth this week.

The Best of Marisa Monte: Listening Dates

| Streaming and Radio: 6-29-25 through 7-06-25

| On-Demand: 6-29-25 through 7-13-23

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My Producer’s Notes

Welcome to The Sounds of Brazil!

The big news from Marisa Monte this week is her beautiful duet with Gilberto Gil, released just a few short weeks ago. Recorded in live in Rio de Janeiro last March, Monte was a special guest for Gilberto Gil’s national tour.

The audience gasped with Monte appeared on-stage as a walk on. Backed by an amazing orchestra and chorus, Gil began to play the guitar introduction as the audience sang along with her.

The song, ‘A Paz’ (Peace) is as inspiring as it is beautiful and the SRO crowd was spell bound by its lyrics and the melody.

Gil wrote and recorded ‘A Paz’ in 1969, the same year he was exiled from Brazil by the government which stifled creative expression and freedom of speech.

Gilberto Gil and Marisa Monte’s duet is our Spotllight Song this week. Enjoy!

For more MM news, check out the links below:

• Review: Marisa Monte releases Portas
• Marisa Monte: Top 10 Songs & Stories
• The Day Marisa Monte Said Goodbye
• A New 2020 Album From Marisa Monte?

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‘The Best of Marisa Monte’ Hour 1:

Set 2:
Introduce Our Next Set
Bem Que Se Quis<>Marisa Monte/MM
Cigano<>Djavan/Puzzle of Hearts
Introduce Next Set                           
Only A Dream In Rio<>James Taylor/That’s Why I’m Here
Flying To Bahia<>Caibedo Island/A Caibedo Tale
Eu Sei<>Marisa Monte/Mais

Set 3: This Week’s Spotlight Set
A Paz<>Marisa Monte & Gilberto Gil/Single (Ao Vivo)
Ainda Lembro<>Scott Wilkie/Brasil
Non-Stop To Brasil<>Astrud Gilberto/Silver Collection

‘The Best of Marisa Monte’ Hour 2:

Hour 2:
Set 1:
Na Estrada<> Marisa Monte/Rose And Charcoal
Welcome To Our Second Hour
High Night<> Til Bronner with Melody Gardot/Rio
Bossa Blue<>Chris Standring/Blue Bolero
Universo Ao Meu Redor<>Marisa Monte/Universo Ao Meu
Special Announcement

Set 2:
Introduce Featured Artist:
Maria De Verdade<>Marisa Monte/Rose & Charcoal
Spirits Of The Forest<>Leo Gandelman/Visions
Introduce Next Song
She Walks This Earth<>Sting/A Love Affair
Mariana<>Torcuato Mariano/Diary
Nunca Mais<>Joao Donato & Marisa Monte/Managarroba

Set 3:
Introduce Our Final Set
Noturna<>Silva with Marisa Monte/Silva Canta Marisa
Morning<>Azymuth/Butterfly
Blackbird<>Brazil & Beyond/Beatles
Driving Ambition<>Eliane Elias/Made In Brazil

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Next Week On The Sounds of Brazil:

We’ll look back at the birth of Bossa Nova with ‘Chega! Bossa Nova’s First Song’. It’s a show that you won’t want to miss!

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