S q u e e z y t u n e s

Brazilian Country Music

This is Voninho e Marcelo.

And this is Barrerito Creone e Voninho. The video cuts out early, but I like the vocals so I'm posting it anyway.

Steve Jordan and the Jordan Brothers

Check out this great funky accordion workout from Steve Jordan, posted over on the Super Sonido blog. Has anyone got the album this came from?

Super Sonido

Gérard Dupervil

I while ago I posted a couple of videos of a guy called Gerard Dupervil, and accordion player and singer from Haiti. The videos weren't of brilliant quality, but there was something about them that lead me to believe that Gerard was someone who the world needs to hear more of.

Time has rolled on, and YouTube has sucked in a few more treasures from Haiti. Including a couple of earlier recordings from Gerard.

Here is my favourite, a sublime piece called Confiance.

On this piece (actually two separate songs), seems to be just solo piano and voice, but still has a lovely quality.
 

Cumbia from Nicaragua

I don't think I've ever posted any music from Nicaragua, so here's a nice piece of cumbia from an artist called Sacasa. Whilst the accordion in this is fine, its the organ that I really like.

Forro Lyrics

It seems that more than a few genres of music that feature the accordion are considered to be unsophisticated and impolite. The music of the lower classes. Which makes me like it all the more.

Here's a good comparison of some lyrics from Brazil. First we have some lovely bossa nova, which is definitely sophisticated. The lyrics are poetry.

And now some Forro from Luiz Gonzaga.
However, not all Forro is quite so silly. This one is quite poetic, in a folksy kind of way.