So this Monday I began guitar lessons with composer/guitarist Arthur Kampela (sweet video included) learning all the ins and outs of the Bossa-Nova style, well... at some point that will be the case but now we are only working on the rudiments of technique. Anyways he gave me some names to check out. Names like Getz, Gilberto, and the so called "Bob Dylan of Brazil" Caetano Veloso (follow link for out of print albums legal for download). Looking up this last name I stumbled upon this little diddy Voce e Linda, and haven't been able to get it out of my head since. The song drips with sweetness, in the smoothness of the voice, the bounce of the guitar, it is everything that makes you want to forget about your work (like now, for both you when you read this and I as I write) and everything attached just to spend your time lost in a world suspended on the six strings of a guitar and the rapidly undulating membranes of Veloso's voice box. Voce e linda, voce e linda, ahh sweetness...
Also highly recommended:
I like Cateano Veloso, check out Canto Do Povo De Um Lugar and Na Asa Do Vento, both on the Joia Album
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