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Fun Dance Music from Northeastern Brazil, October 27, 2011
This review is from: Forro Do Brasil (Audio CD)
Forró is the name of a cluster of dance styles from the dry ranches and towns of Northeastern Brazil, though popularized further south in Rio de Janeiro. Its instrumentation of accordion, triangle, and sometimes drum and guitar has the sound and lively spirit of Lousiana cajon and Creole zydeco. Forró recordings are not readily available in the United States. David Byrne's compilation of "Brazil Classics 3" offers, well, many classics. This particular anthology features six groups of musicians and comparatively more contemporary recordings. Many of the tunes are composed by Luiz Gonazaga, a pioneer of accordion form. The 20 tracks provide a great variety of substyles: baião, coco, rojão, quadrilha, xaxode. xote. This is fun and cheerful country music with simple 4/4 and 2/4 rhythms. If you regard Brazilian music as just bossa nova, samba, choro, Afro-Brazilian spiritual forms, and American-influenced popular music, listen to this album . . . and enjoy!
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