Category: music
Sobrado de mamãe é debaixo d’água
O sobrado de mamãe é debaixo d’água – mum’s hut is under water O sobrado de mamãe é debaixo d’água Debaixo d’água, por cima da areia – under the water, above the sand Tem ouro, tem prata – there’s gold, there’s silver Tem diamante que nos alumeia – and diamond that lights us Tem ouro,…
Meu cajueiro – Mestre Poncianinho
This and other songs by Mestre Poncianinho are available on Coração Cantador e-book. Meu cajueiro – Mestre Poncianinho [coro] Meu cajueiro ê, meu cajueiro á Tem fruta madura E história pra contar O cravo brigou com a rosa Na beira do caminho A rosa saiu chorando O cravo ficou sozinho (this verse is based on…
Learning Tom Zé
Learning Tom Zé I grew up vaguely aware of Tom Zé’s but it wasn’t something I listened to studiously at any period of my life, like I did with Chico Buarque, Elis Regina. I listened to Rita Lee a lot more than Tom Zé, for example. Then David Byrne from Talking Heads discovered him and…
Nzinga – Tabareu e Pitombeira
After Mestra Janja’s visit at our last event in June 2016 I have been listening to Nzinga’s album. These two songs caught my ear as being easy to learn, trance like, therefore good for the roda and also very interesting. They both referred to things I didn’t know the meaning of, giving me an excuse…
New songs with Mestre José Antônio
29 June 2016 New songs with Mestre José Antônio Mestre Zé Antônio has been in Europe for the last month or so. He came to Mestre Poncianinho’s event Vivência cultural 2016 and then went off to various events in Europe. This week is his last week and then he’s going back to Brazil. Tonight’s class…