Add Date: March 30
Artist: Caetano Veloso
Album: zii e zie
Label: Nonesuch
Genre: Brazilian pop, Rock
Comments: From promoter: "Brazilian legend Caetano Veloso's 41st album, zii e zie, released last year in South America and Europe, has already earned him a Latin Grammy for 2009 Best Singer-Songwriter album.....Here, samba is the foundation, filtered through a rock sensibility. Veloso calls this approach "transamba" - "as if it were samba transcending itself," he said in an interview. His subject matter, as always, can be intensely personal, but he also takes a broader view of the world at large."
There's something immensely beautiful about [good] music that is sung in a language you don't understand. Portuguese is not something I am familiar with but right now I'm glad because it makes the experience of listening to Caetano Veloso even more intense. To quote The Guardian, "the songs are intimate and surprising." A treat for fans of Joao Gilberto and Gilberto Gil, even though he distances himself quite a bit from them. Start with Por Quem? but I'd suggest listening to the whole thing.
Artist: Caetano Veloso
Album: zii e zie
Label: Nonesuch
Genre: Brazilian pop, Rock
Comments: From promoter: "Brazilian legend Caetano Veloso's 41st album, zii e zie, released last year in South America and Europe, has already earned him a Latin Grammy for 2009 Best Singer-Songwriter album.....Here, samba is the foundation, filtered through a rock sensibility. Veloso calls this approach "transamba" - "as if it were samba transcending itself," he said in an interview. His subject matter, as always, can be intensely personal, but he also takes a broader view of the world at large."
There's something immensely beautiful about [good] music that is sung in a language you don't understand. Portuguese is not something I am familiar with but right now I'm glad because it makes the experience of listening to Caetano Veloso even more intense. To quote The Guardian, "the songs are intimate and surprising." A treat for fans of Joao Gilberto and Gilberto Gil, even though he distances himself quite a bit from them. Start with Por Quem? but I'd suggest listening to the whole thing.
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