| Venue: World Stage @ Katie Gallaghers |
| Date & Hour: Friday, 1st May, 10.00pm |
Brazilian music at its best is served up with verve and vitality by Orquestra do Fuba, who inject funk, samba and jazz into the base rythmes of forro – the traditional dance of the country’s remote North Eastern region.
The Orquestra draws its members from the inventive young generation from Rio and Sao Paulo, and have bowled over audiences at music festivals across the globe since moving to France three years ago.
The liveliest exponents of forro in France, the band create a warm atmosphere, blazing a trail as they deploy an arsenal of instrumentation including accordion, triangle, zabumba, violin, guitar, cavaquinho and bass.
Forro is a kind of Northeastern Brazilian dance, as well as a word used to denote the different genres of music which accompanies the dance.
A derivative of forrobodo, meaning "great party" or "commotion". Forro has also been described as a derivative of the English expression "for all" , originated in the early 1900’s when English engineers on the Great Western Railroad would throw balls on weekends and classify them as either only for railroad personnel or for the general populace ("for all").
Forro lyrics are usually about love and romance, passion, jealousy, or reminiscing about an ex-lover. They often are about North eastern themes and the longing or homesickness (saudades) that was often experienced during migrations in search of work.
A blazing carnavale is guaranteed. |
