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Music
From Bahia
Bahian
Axé Music
More Axé & Bahian Music Artists And CDs
Axe Music,
Carnaval, &
Afro-Brazilian
Music From Salvador And Bahia,
Brazil
Afoxes, Blocos Afro,
& Samba-Reggae
| Brazil's most African city, Salvador, is often
called "Bahia" and is itself the capital of Bahia state, in the Northeast. The
city and state have produced many of Brazil's great musicians, including João Gilberto, Dorival Caymmi,
Gilberto Gil,
Novos Baianos, Gal Costa,
Caetano Veloso,
and
Maria Bethania. The musical melting pot of Bahia is famous for afoxé
groups (like the Filhos de Gandhi), blocos afro (such as Ara Ketu, Olodum and
Ilê Aiyê), the amazing dance & martial art capoeira,
Afro-Brazilian religion,
and the largest
"street" Carnaval in Brazil. Bahia's
lively axé music mixes
samba-reggae,
afoxé, frevo, pop, Caribbean styles and
other ingredients. It emerged as a new musical
category in the '80s, shaped by the blocos afro, Salvador's Carnaval, the
trioelétricos, and musicians like
Luiz Caldas,
Moraes Moreira, Chiclete com
Banana, Banda Reflexu's, Gerônimo and Banda Mel.
This
evolution is traced in
The Brazilian Sound.
Contemporary
Bahian stars include
Carlinhos Brown, Virginia Rodrigues, Ivette Sangalo, and Daniela Mercury.
Listed below are some of the leading figures in Bahian music, and their CDs that are currently available in North America. For Bahian dance-party
music we recommend
Olodum,
Timbalada,
Ara Ketu,
Chiclete Com Banana, Daniela
Mercury,
Ivete Sangalo , and the Axé Music annual samplers. For
current innovation, we recommend albums by
Carlinhos Brown,
Daniela
Mercury, and
Virginia
Rodrigues. You can access capoeira videos, CDs
and books in our
Capoeira Index. For Afro-Brazilian
religions, check Candomblé
& Umbanda Books,
Candomblé
CDs, and
the documentary
Ile Aiye (The House of Life). |
Bahian Music CDs & DVDs,
A - Z

Vania Abreu

Ara Ketu

Armandinho

Asa De Aguia

Axe Bahia: The Group

Axe Bahia Collections: Various Axe
Music Artists

Babado Novo
Banda Beijo

Banda Eva
Banda Mel

Berimbau CDs: The Afro-Brazilian Musical Bow

Maria Bethania
Bragada

Candomble
Music

Capoeira Index

Carlinhos Brown

Luiz Caldas

Dorival Caymmi

Cheiro De Amor

Chiclete Com Banana
Companhia do
Pagode
Gal Costa

E O Tchan
Gilberto Gil

Ile Aiye
Lambada

Margareth Menezes

As Meninas

Daniela Mercury
Tony Mola
(& Bragada)

Moraes Moreira
Os Novos Baianos

Olodum

Virginia
Rodrigues

Ivete Sangalo

Terra Samba

Timbalada
Caetano Veloso

Various Artists (Compilation)
The Rough Guide To The Music Of Brazil: Bahia
(2004)
DVDs about Bahian Culture &
Bahian Music

Ile Aiye (The House of Life) - A Film by David Byrne
(DVD)
With the earthy, yet otherworldly
Ilé Aiyé (The House of Life), David Byrne (True Stories) explores
the spirit cult of Candomblé. Based in the Bahia region of Brazil, the
African-originated religion permeates all aspects of the culture. Byrne
incorporates music, dance, interviews, and clips from old black-and-white
Brazilian movies into his documentary. Narration is kept to a minimum and the
visuals do most of the talking--along with the rhythmic, trance-inducing songs,
accompanied by translations of their evocative lyrics. As befits a former art
student--and Talking Head--Byrne does get a little "arty" at times, as when he
places screens within screens (much like Peter Greenaway's Pillow Book).
Fortunately, the effect isn't as distracting as it sounds and is only used
sporadically. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Axe Bahia 2000 (DVD)
Ivete Sangalo,
As Meninas, Timbalada, É O Tchan,
Banda Cheiro de Amor, Terra Samba, Banda Eva,
Companhia do Pagode, and Banda Beijo
(2001)
Brazilian Music Index
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