Os Mutantes, Jake Shimabukuru, Youssou N'Dour
Os MutantesMutantes Live
The band’s three core musicians Arnaldo Baptista, his younger brother, Sergio, and Arnaldo's childhood sweetheart, Rita Lee Jones all came from an atypically wealthy region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. They formed Os Mutantes shortly after the ousting of President Joao Goulart in 1964 and played in the band Tropicalia with Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Nara Leao, and Gal Costa. The electric guitar was seen as devilish by the military and it wasn’t long before they tried to silence Tropicalia and Os Mutantes and anything else seen as “pro-Communist.” In 1968 the government curtailed free speech and the next year, “Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso -- were arrested and imprisoned, and then ordered out of the country. Like these two men, the members of Os Mutantes were highly controversial, and not just among the military. According to Rita Lee, their performances were greeted by "a mix of surprise, indignation, excitement . . . and tomatoes!" I make the sonic comparison of their music to the Beatles.
comments / tracks of interest:
Disk 1:
#6: homage to Mr. Mendes and Mambo
#7: introduces musicians in beginning
#8: “Baby”
#11: wa wa guitar & other electronic influences
Disk 2:
#1: back-n-forth between sweet singing & full rock band sound
#9: feat. Devendra Banhart#10: English lyrics
Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row)
My Life
I first saw Jake Shimabukuro and his ukulele (oo-koo-LAY-lay) shine at Lotus fest 2005 and felt struck by his spirited personality and zippy ukulele abilities. On My Life Jake has arranged his favorite songs he heard while growing up in Hawaii. Covers include ukulele arrangements of artists Sarah McLachlan, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Cyndi Lauper.
comments / tracks of interest:
(all instrumentals moderately paced)
#1: “time after time”
#4: “somewhere…”
#6: “ice cream”
Youssou N’Dour
Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take)
N’Dour was born in Dakar in 1959 and is possibly the most famous singer alive. He is also a composer, band leader, and producer who, “absorbs the entire Senegalese musical spectrum in his work, often filtering this through the lense of genre-rock or pop music from outside of Senegalese culture.”
comments / tracks of interest:
#1: talking drum, swinging music
#4: guitar-kept rhythms
#11: cherry raps, English lyrics
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