What is Brazil? Is it the bikini-jammed beaches of Rio? The exploding sensory overload of carnival? Smooth like bossa-nova or the megaton bombast of the bloco afro? Wild and woolly northeasterners or cosmopolitan poet warriors? Or is it that movie by the Monty Python guy? Luaka Bop invites you to make up your own mind with six volumes of Brazil’s best. |
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| From the genius songwriters Gilberto Gil, Milton
Nascimento and Caetano Veloso to the hits of Jorge Ben and Gal Costa, these
discs cull the best of the best, and are among the most acclaimed world music
compilations ever. They pick up the sounds of the streets, a nonstop riot of
rhythm and color. Forró etc. is rugged cowboy music from the
northeast, pumping accordion and breakneck beats. Then let it all run together
with two volumes of iconoclastic sound wizardry from Tom Zé — the
man too Brazilian for Brazil.
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