Indeed, discounting the stirring historical accounts (narrated by Luanda-born Lisbon-based author Telma Tvon) and the political potency of each handpicked samba, the eleven musical performances are, on their own, startlingly catchy and crafty. Even if we were to ignore the fact that the final album – a 21-track political history of samba that alternates between historical song and spoken story – is the culmination of countless work-shows, written articles, seminars and radio programmes, the sound alone of Samba De Guerrilha radiates such erudite and elegant expansiveness that, to summarise it here would be impossible. HIGHLIGHT Luca Argel – Samba de Guerrilha (Self-Released)Īttempting to précis Luca Argel’s sprawling six-year multi-media work Samba De Guerriilha for the purposes of presenting a succinct and pithy review would be a wholly reductive task. So, while the traditionally polychrome parties are put on hold, this latest Brazilian Wax roundup still proves there’s plenty of cultural production from O País Tropical to stimulate the senses. Many on this list maintain the effervescent élan of that midsummer celebration, while even more re-frame and re-invent Brazilian cultural tradition in vivid ways.
Making up for Carnaval’s cancelling, this February has seen some stellar releases from Brazil.
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