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O Mundo E Um Moinho

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Even twenty years after his death, Cartola remains a milestone in brazilian popular music. When he made this album he was 60 years old already, but his raucous voice fits perfectilly with the beautiful acoustic arrangement.Most of the foreign listeners don't know how good is samba outside the boundaries of bossa nova.They must start from here. This is the very authentic "samba of roots".

Even twenty years after his death, Cartola remains a milestone in brazilian popular music. When he made this album he was 60 years old already, but his raucous voice fits perfectilly with the beautiful acoustic arrangement.Most of the foreign listeners don't know how good is samba outside the boundaries of bossa nova.They must start from here. This is the very authentic "samba of roots".

Recorded his first album only in the 70's and visited in Mangueria by major music artists of Rio de Janeiro... This is poet Cartola. One of the most important figure in samba history.

Soundtrack of Rio de Janeiro...

Cartola , exemplo vivo e concreto de que não é preciso ser intelectualóide para ser poeta.Fala-nos com simplicidade e poesia as amarguras e amores do dia a dia....

This is one of those must-have, must-listen to albums. If you are curious about familiarising yourself with some classic repertoire of Brazilian samba, Cartola is one of the quintessential names to know (and love!). There is also a great documentary about him (Cartola)which is how I got to know of him and his music not too long ago. In any case, this man can do no wrong.

Cartola was one of those unbelievable portraits of sheer genius marred by a life of poverty... exactly the kind of thing that should never happen.

He was born in 1908 in Rio de Janeiro and throughout his life, Cartola composed roughly 500 sambas. One of them, called O SOL NASCERÁ (The Sun Will Rise) was covered 600 times in 4 or 5 decades.

This CD gives you some of his best known works like O MUNDO É UM MOINHO (The World Is a Mill), PRECISO ME ENCONTRAR (I Need to Find Myself) and AS ROSAS NÃO FALAM (Roses Do Not Speak).

His voice is clear (he is more a poet than a singer) and the arrangements are beautiful. Brazilian classic samba at its best!

It is sad that such talent was overlooked for so many years. Cartola should be rich. His music ranks among the best ever composed in Brazil. Endlessly imitated, endlessly covered. Truly unique.

Here's a CD to be discovered.