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Afro-Brazilian music consists of a mixture of musical and cultural influences from Sub-Saharan Africa, Portugal, and on a smaller scale, Amerindian music, creating a large variety of styles. Lyrics, instruments, and even melodies often have connections to African culture and even influence culture and music in other countries today.
Aug 5, 2020 · These artists prove that the contemporary Afro-Brazilian music scene has never been so plural.
Aug 6, 2015 · The key elements of afrobeat-groove, percussion, rhythm-also form the soul of Brazilian music as we know it. It’s difficult to hear a track like Orquestra Afro-Brasileira’s ‘Obaluayê’ from 1957 and not hear the later sounds of Fela Kuti.
Nov 15, 2018 · Praising orisha spirits and dancing to the rhythm of African drums ('atabaques') are just two of the recognisable aspects of candomblé celebrations that can still be heard in Brazilian music...
Oct 9, 2018 · Black musicians & rappers like Preta Rara, Xênia Franca and Bia Ferreira are directly addressing oppression and racism in Brazil. Kiratiana Freelon.
Embedded in the psyche of modern Brazil, Afro-Brazilian music resonates across the country. Traces of Afrobeat, samba rock, and funk carioca surface in the chameleonic sound, forming a pulsing African heartbeat that shines through in the mangue beat of Chico Science & Nação Zumbi and in the tropicália of Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. MORE.
Apr 28, 2021 · In the album Da Lama ao Caos, there is a track in which the influence of African music is very explicit. It’s in “Samba Makossa”. Not only by the title, which is a reference to Soul Makossa, an international hit by Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango in the 70s, but also in Lúcio Maia’s guitar, similar to juju music.
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