Axé Music

If you can read Portuguese, check this fabulous page out of Salvador. All about music, blocos afros, Olodum, carnaval, etc. etc. Real Audio and videos too. A must-visit!

 

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Tony Mola: Bragadá, Blue Jackel Entertainment CD 5006-2, 1996. This is a good example of the incredible mixed salad that the music of Bahia has become. According to Jack O'Neil, founder and owner of Blue Jackel, this CD presents the newest wave in Brazilian music, an innovative distillation of the history of Bahian rhythms that blends traditional Brazilian samba and forró with hip-hop, salsa, rap and Jamaican music. Percussion is the essential element here, as with Olodum, Timbalada and other Afro groups from Salvador. Great dancing stuff, anywhere in the world. Buy it for your next party, you won't regret it!

 

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Daniela Mercury: O canto da cidade, Columbia CD 850.172/2-464348. The beautiful singer from Salvador interprets some of the hottest songs to come out of Bahia. Check out O mais belo dos belos, and you will see why we love her! Daniela also has a great smile and is one of the most "simpáticas" people I've ever seen. She can pack a huge soccer stadium with adoring fans any time!
Axé Music: O Som da Bahia, Polygram CD 517 918-2. A fabulous, swinging collection of Afro-Brazilian songs, by some of the best groups in Bahia.

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