Perolas Aos Povos

Rita Ribeiro | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B00004TJ8N
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,845 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Banho Cheiroso

2. Ha Mulheres

3. Filhos Da Percisao

4. Pensar Em Voce

5. Deja Vu

6. Vendedor De Bananas

7. Mana Chica

8. Mambo Da Dor

9. Perolas Aos Povos

10. To

11. Na Gira

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Young Brazil is definitely on the rise and Rita Ribeiro might well be its best female singer. Having worked with artists like Chico César and Zeca Baleiro, she's now strutting her own stuff very effectively, moving beyond the samba and bossa nova to create some playful pop music that draws on funk, dance beats, and forro (sometimes in the same song) as much as the music that people usually associate with the country. "Ha Mulheres" is the perfect example, beginning with an Afro-Brazilian chant and Carnaval samples, then moving through Kenny G jazz, before exploding into a song whose melody owes a great deal to the Who's "You Better You Bet." The title track brings Bob Marley and the Wailers to mind. It's eclectic and fun loving, acknowledging five centuries of tradition but still skipping determinedly into the future. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album - leaves me wanting more, April 12, 2001

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David Land (Rockville, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perolas Aos Povos (Audio CD)

I was fortunate enough to see Rita along with Chico Cesar live in a free concert given at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC last August and was totally blown away by both singers and their bands(it didn't hurt that I was standing less than 10 feet from the stage). I love this album and someone told me she had two more out in Brazil. If anyone knows of a source where I could obtain them - please email me at [e-mail].

I can only reiterate what the other reviewers have said. Rita's music has a base in the local traditions of Northeastern Brazil, but there is a modern element as well which combines somehow combines berimbau, guitars and beats into some great songs. My favorites are "Ha Mulheres" and "Pensar em Voce" but the whole album is good. Believe it or not, I can see the comparison between The Who's "You Better You Bet" and "Ha Mulheres" in the way the song builds up and progresses around a simple, yet clever lyric. Very sharp observation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brava !, March 15, 2001

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Willard A. Schmittler (BREMERTON, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perolas Aos Povos (Audio CD)

The best I have ever heard in this genre. I am still trying to find other work by Rita. Perhaps someone knows whether she is in a band in Brazil and the band has her hidden away in the credits?! In all, I would buy, unseen and unheard, anything by Rita. Can't help but get happy with her. Bill

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, March 7, 2001

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fred (Miami FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perolas Aos Povos (Audio CD)

This is going to be a very important album in brasilian music. Rita Ribeiro was born in maranhao a small state in the brasilian notheast, like Zeca Baleiro she is part of new movement of musicians from that area that suscesfully blend the old rhythms from the region with the new ones, local sounds with souns that come from abroad(rock, blues, soul).This new artist are giving MPB a new alternative, their music is absolutely wonderful.