Caipirinha Appreciation Society - Brazil Beyond Cliches

dois do samba | tiago gasta | inferninho samba orquestra | carlos henrique machado freitas | déo lopes | alamir | t. kaçula & renato dias | bloco da saudade | banda marcial de monteiro lobato | samba terreiro e batucada | clécia queiroz | clara nunes | martins do pandeiro | joão nogueira | anjos do inferno | adoniran barbosa | dani turcheto | tuco e o batalhão de sambistas | bebeto | wanderléa | ½ dúzia de 3 ou 4 | trem da viração | zé cafofinho e suas correntes | comadre fulozinhaSMALL-TOWN PARTYAs promised, this year the Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast decided to seek out some alternative carnaval content for you. We went to great lengths to try and find the right destination, and ended up choosing a small town in the interior of São Paulo called "Monteiro Lobato", whose official website promised traditional,  "marchinha-only" festivities (as opposed to the Bahian Axé-ridden norm these days). There we were greeted with some pleasant and unpleasant surprises, but, as usual, brought you only