Music of
Brazil's
Northeast
Forro & Repente to Coco & Maracatu
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Brazil's huge Northeast
includes states such as Pernambuco, Bahia, and Ceara; the arid sertao
hinterland, and the dynamic coastal cities of Recife and Fortaleza. Here we
showcase artists with strong roots in northeastern musical styles such as
Forro, Baiao, Xote, Embolada,
Coco, Frevo,
Repente, Xaxado, and Maracatu.
Below are legendary artists Luiz Gonzaga and Jackson do Pandeiro; northeastern
MPB stars like Alceu Valenca, Elba Ramalho and Geraldo Azevedo; and contemporary
northeastern musicians Mestre Ambrosio, Nacao Zumbi, Chico Cesar, and Zeca
Baleiro. Also See:
Forro & Baiao,
Frevo,
and
Embolada & Repente. |
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More Artists Of Northeastern Brazil
Various Artists Of the Nordeste
Brazil Classics,
Vol. 3: Forró, Etc.
Brazil Forró: Music For Maids & Taxi Drivers
Música Armorial
L.H. Corrêa De
Azevedo: Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo, a professor of music (and composer) from Rio de Janeiro, recorded the material on this collection in the early 1940s. Azevedo’s involvement in folk culture began in 1937, leading to a chair in National Folklore at Rio’s National Institute of Music. In 1941 he visited Washington, DC as a guest of the Pan-American Union and returned to Brazil with recording equipment loaned to him by the Library of Congress. He then began to undertake arduous expeditions through Brazil documenting a great variety of his country’s folk music. The northern and central Brazilian songs on this collection are performed on shaker, wooden box, claps, strings, bell, friction drum, guitar and other instruments. The music Azevedo recorded documents the roots of Brazilian music which would later enter the mainstream of world popular music. Like the Discoteca collection, this material has also been carefully re-mastered from the original master discs. --album description
Gilberto Gil Cantoria 1 Cantoria 2
O Doutor Do Baiao: Humberto Teixeira
Various Artists
Ao Vivo Em Todos Os Sentidos
9 de Frevereiro (DVD) A singer, violinist, actor and dancer from Recife, Antonio Nobrega (1952-) was part of the northeastern group Quinteto Armorial in the 1970s, before embarking on a solo career. His remarkable music-dance-storytelling theatrical presentations combine cantigas, maracatus rurais, frevos and cirandas, and he plays both violin and instruments he has discovered in the sertao (outback) of Pernambuco state. He has won many awards, including the Premio Shell, Premio APCA and Premio Sharp--Chris McGowan
Dreaming of a better life, migrants from the Northeast of Brazil speak about the city of São Paulo, and sing it in prose, songs, stories and multiple sounds. Plot Synopsis: The rhythms and rhymes of the "cantadores," those troubadours from Northeastern Brazil, tell us the beat of São Paulo. Journalist or simple maid, director of an art gallery or home builder, the northeastern immigrants will bring us to sketch a portrait of one of the biggest cities in the world.--DVD description This is a very beautiful poetic film about the largest city in South America, Sao Paulo told from the perspective of its largest migrant population the Nordestinos. Filled with startling music (forro, repente, embolada) and a cast of warm and humorous characters. Tremendously photographed and edited a total must have for lovers of all Brasilian, and indeed documentary. Just watched it and I have a very big smile on my face. --an Amazon reviewer Forro: Music from Brazil's Northeast Axe / Music of Salvador & Bahia
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