Paula Robison encore at one of her 92nd Street Y concerts, a dance for flute and pandeiro, a large tambourine traditional in Brazil. Silverman invited the percussionist Cyro Baptista to join her. The flutist Irna Priore, who was at the concert, told her that in Brazil there was a huge repertory for flute in the choro, a tradition of popular song originating in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Cyro Baptista's wife provided recordings and tapes of music that was largely unknown in the US. Robison began to work on it with Baptista and other Brazilian musicians, who toured with her and eventually
Internet in Brazil released a service located in Brazil), and some defunct services like The Palace, Gooey and PowWow (chat program). This probably explains why MSN Brasil and Yahoo! Brasil are relatively popular, and may have contributed to AOL's failure in the Brazilian market, while UOL ranks highly in Alexa. Internet in Brazil The Internet in Brazil was launched in 1988. In 2011 Brazil ranked fifth in the world with nearly 89 million Internet users, 45% of the population. In 2010 Brazil ranked 9th in the world with 13,266,310 fixed broadband subscriptions, 6.8 per 100 residents. In 1988 the "National Research Network" (RNP),