Catalogue : Luaka Bop / 680899000413
Format : LP, Vinyl
Condition : New
Country : US
Released : 2016
Genre : Brazilian
"This is party music. It’s party music from people who’ve been through hard times, who live in a parched, unforgiving area of Brazil, the Northeast. They love their country, their land, probably more than they love Brazil, which has not always treated them well. The people who make and dance to this music are most often brown. Like their earth. It is the brown sound. Chão. The festas are intense and the bands would play all night, when one band got tired, they would take a nap, or drink, or eat, and another band would take over. Until the sun came up.
The songs celebrate their land, parties and festas, lost love, and the hard life of the Brazilian cowboys. Themes similar to Zydeco and other musics the world over, but here with a peculiar Northeastern slant. A humor and wink that cuts through the bullshit." -David Byrne