WFHB Music - Bloomington Community Radio

Maria Rita (HEE-ta)

Samba Meu

Review: “After putting out two highly-acclaimed, jazz-laced pop discs that made her an international star, Maria Rita turned her considerable artistic sights toward that most Brazilian of music genres…samba. The sensational result is Samba Meu (my samba), a 14-song package that showcases her skills to make samba her own personal idiom by dint of her expanding vocal range and singular interpretive skills.”`John Lannert

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: title track

#’s 2 &3: quite bright feeling

#5: very cute child voices in beginning

#’s 7, 8, 9, & 10: slow tempo

V/A

Tango around the world

Review: “Putumayo has traveled the globe to find many of the best tango and tango-influenced songs the world has to offer. From tango’s birthplace in Buenos Aires to its adoptive homes of Athens, Lisbon, Helsinki and other cities, this album weaves together passion, style and elegance to create a rich and musical tapestry that features traditional tango alongside contemporary fusions.”~Putumayo

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: sung in W. African Maninka language

#2: instrumental

#3: tribute to Edmundo Rivero

#4: Yiddish tango

#5: about pain in ending a relationship

#6: reminiscent of electronic tango of Gotan Project

#8: Roma (Gypsy) tango

#9: Fado, tango & electro beats

#10: beatnik

#11: harmonica