Bahia/New Orleans rid thums

the caption: "eu,ariel,bacalhal e sequela,,dando uma lascada no campo"
Sweet drum sounds from Salvador da Bahia where I was last summer. Crazy ill rhythms. Dig!
-T
Also, Salvador's version of Bounce music:


And if you haven't heard any New Orleans Bounce music here you are:

While I'm at it, some Bahian Breakdancin!:

wayy too late...

Hermeto Pascoal!

Yo! if you haven't ever checked out Hermeto Pascoal's ridiculously amazing Brazilian samba/folk/jazz/avant-garde/rock fusion you should check this video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfvHfPxkUbk&feature=related
 

"O bruxo" has perfect pitch beyond what I can comprehend, and writes truly beautiful, complex, sometimes scary, always grooving music and plays it on whatever is around him (including water):





This one's pretty heart wrenching(in large part due to the beautifully sad music) for us tree-climbers:

Cave percussion!?!?:

There's a really sick one of him playing percussion on plates and silverware, but I can't seem to find it. If you do let me know!

SOUNDS IMPORTED NOV 1st:

Oi amigos do blogspot!

I played some beautiful fado music, some indian slide guitar, and lots of other good ones on SOUNDS IMPORTED! sunday. Here's the playlist:

Artist Name Mariza - Por Ti! Mariza - Loucura Cristina Branco - Ai Vida Mafalda Arnauth - Talvez Se Chame Saudade Amália Rodrigues - Primavera Debashish Bhattacharya - Gypsy Anandi Debashish Bhattacharya - Maya Gilberto Gil - Domingo no Parque (feat. Os Mutantes) The Caribbeanas - Melody De Amour Lord Christo - Tantie Earnestine Anon - Unknown –from the Cambodian Cassette Archives Khmer Folk & Pop music Paco De Lucía & Raphael Canizares - Los Gitanos Ayub Ogada - Dala (Album) Agepê - Ela Não Gosta De Mim Cristina Branco - Meu Amor é Marinheiro Sabicas - Danza árabe - Damasco Traditional Music Of Peru 4 - 300 Pounds Of Gold Lars Hollmer - Prozesscrik Dungen - Panda Eskorbuto - Ratas en Biskaia Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate - Kaira Check it out here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/qqnjj3zyj1n/FADO&MORE.zip Also found this sweet blog: http://afrofunkforum.blogspot.com/ And this awesome distro company that has tons of world music from various different labels: http://www.forcedexposure.com/index.html That's all for this week kids. I'll try to keep on top of keeping this thang updated. Be sure to check out my next show on sunday from 6:30-8PM on 90.5FM in Miami and online at wvum.org! Much Love, Taylor