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acoustic guitar and voice. Varal was inspired by the washing songs slaves would entertain themselves with by rhythmically slapping the clothes.
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- artist:Celso Machado
- featured artist:Celso Machado
- region:Northeast Brazil
- release year:1997
- style(s):Brazilian, Samba
- country:Brazil
- formats:CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Machado, Celso
- label:Surucua Art Production (Celso's own label)
- publisher:Surucua Art Production (Celso's own label)
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This recording captures the musical essence of Celso Machado's live solo performances in which he transports his audiences through the richness and diversity of Brazilian Music and beyond. the regional music of Brazil has arisen out of various blends of African, Portuguese and Indigenous influences. While Celso's compositions are rooted in these rhythmic and melodic styles, they also reflect his incurable fascination with other world music traditions. In his studies and travels as a musician he has discovered similarities between the music of southern italy and northeast Brazil, the Egyptian Maqsoum and the Brazilian Baião rhythm, the Moroccan Gnawa rhythm and Afoxé and Samba. Celso incorporates these influences into his own sound, his own unique contribution to the ongoing evolution of Brazilian music.