All in Brazilian Soul
Tim Maia Racional Vols. 1 & 2 Book Talk @ Live Convention '19
Talking about my book with Arcee at Live Convention ‘19 on September 22, 2019 (40 minutes)
JUST ANNOUNCED: Tim Maia Racional coming to Live Convention '19
I’ll be out in Toronto in a few weeks to talk about my book Tim Maia Racional Vols. 1 & 2 out on Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 Global/Brazil imprint - more information on this “festival for record heads” event coming soon!
REVOLUTIONS: The Ambassador DJ set and Book Reading @ Amoeba Records in SF (5-15-2019)
Allen “The Ambassador” Thayer @ Amoeba 5-15-19
The Ambassador Mixes @ Mixcloud
Check out a bunch of The Ambassador’s mixes and radio shows on Mixloud
Allen Thayer for Wax Poetics Magazine
Check out a sampling of some of the stories I’ve contributed to the legendary music publication, Wax Poetics!
Lincoln Olivetti 2: Brazilian Disco Don & AOR Ace 1975–1997
After the passing of Lincoln Olivetti, I teamed up with Junior Santos (who compiled the wonderful first volume of Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds 1978–1982) to create a follow-up mix to showcase Lincoln’s more AOR and Disco sounds stretching from 1975 to 1997! Dig it!
Lincoln Olivetti Disco/Boogie Mix for Wax Poetics
In honor of Brazilian musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer extraordinaire Lincoln Olivetti, who turned 60 on April 17, Wax Poetics scribe and DJ Allen Thayer offers up an 80-minute mixtape called Brazilian Boogie Boss 1978–1984.
Tim Maia Racional Vols. 1 & 2
My first book, about Brazilian soul music legend, Tim Maia and his bizarre and entertaining musical phase from the mid-seventies when he joined an extraterrestrial-obsessed cult.