“cantuaria_vinicius”
Vinicius Cantuáiria
Tucumã
Verve
There is something extremely soothing about Cantuáiria’s soft voice and gentle chord dances. Cantuáiria can come off as a Brazilian Paul Simon, with glittering melodies and lyrics that consume your thoughts, even after they’ve been through the translation wringer (courtesy of Arto Lindsay). A very avant retinue makes appearances throughout, including Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson, Sean Lennon (!) and Nana Vasconcelos. An exceptionally laid out set of intelligent Brazilian music.
Verve Records, 10th Floor, 555 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019; http://www.verveinteractive.com