BS: folk music outside the U.K. ,U.S, OZ etc

Subject: RE: BS: folk music outside the U.K. ,U.S, OZ etc
From: GUEST,AliUk
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 08:52 PM

all of it folk and yes I had the albums. Because it's samba and pagode everyone lumps it in with jazz ( which it influenced along with bossa nova). But Samba is a folk music that came from the bairros of Rio and São Paolo. Also, if you read any of Jorge Armado's work ( he recently died) you will see he uses it and his literature is based purely in the Northeast of Brazil.

Subject: RE: BS: folk music outside the U.K. ,U.S, OZ etc
From: Wesley S
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 04:20 PM

Didn't David Byrne of the Talking Heads release some anthologies of Brazilian music - some of it folk?

Subject: RE: BS: folk music outside the U.K. ,U.S, OZ etc
From: AliUK
Date: 26 Aug 01 - 08:56 PM

kat and anyone who might be interested I am at the moment trying to sort out some links to brazilian Traditional music. watch this space.

Subject: RE: BS: folk music outside the U.K. ,U.S, OZ etc
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Aug 01 - 12:42 AM

Thanks, Ali. Are there any links which you might be able to post here?

We have some wonderful tapes of folk music from Venezuela, from when my SO worked down there. It's incredible what those llaneros can do with a harp! We've got one tape that would make a person swear they were playing a guitar, very skillfully and it is a large harp!

kat

Subject: folk music outside the U.K. ,U.S, OZ etc
From: AliUK
Date: 25 Aug 01 - 08:04 PM

hmmm. McGrath said to me, what about folk clubs in brazil. and I sez...there ain't none in brazil. It is a fact of life that the traditional music of brazil ( or music that comes from afro/european and indiginous stock) is alive and well in all forms of POPULAR music here in the largest country in South America. i live in Recife in the Northeast of Brazil and we have a rich mix of music that goes from Coco to ciranda and maracatu, through Forró(which is very cajun). A few years ago a guy called Chico Science formulated a fusion of music that included all of the aforementioned mixed in with rock, jazz and rap. It may sound weird but it is actually quite fantastic and extremely dancable. There's also a thriving blues scene here in Recife with some excellent blues musicians ( singing in both portuguese and english) and some of the most outstanding harp players I've ever heard. Want more info. Just e-mail me at [e-mail] and I'll try and send stuff your way.