A beautiful tribute to the legendary Joao Bosco – a celebration of his forty years in Brazilian music – put together with help from a host of guests who include Joao Donato, Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, and Chico Buarque! The presence of these equal legends is a great reminder of the way that Bosco's music has influenced generations of MPB – perhaps not as famous on a global scale as these other artists, but always very well-respected by his peers – who often recorded many of Joao's compositions, and made them their own. The music's got all the acoustic charm of Bosco's best 70s recordings – and with some of his other recent sets, there's a sense of depth and growth that really shows his tremendous evolution as an artist over the years. Titles include "Agnus Sei", "Tanajura", "Fotografia", "Plataforma", "Jimbo No Jazz", "Drume Negrita", "Tarde", and "Caca A Raposa". DVD features four more tracks than the CD – and has a bonus "making of feature" (All region.) ~ Dusty Groove
A great Marcos Valle appearance – from some years when he really wasn't recording that much at all! This 1992 TV set comes right before Marcos' big rediscovery by the global scene, via his recordings for Far Out – and it offers a deeply personal retrospective of Valle's years of music in Brazil – in a setting that has him speaking often between the tunes, usually with these great camera closeups – then performing mostly unplugged versions of his tunes on piano and guitar. Titles include "Mustang Cor De Sangue", "Escape", "Moshi Moshi", "Alegria Da Vida", "Azimuth", "Black Is Beautiful", and "Com Mais De 30". (All region.) ~ Dusty Groove
One of the rootsiest albums we've ever heard from the lovely Ana Costa – quite different than her earlier funk and soul sides in Brazil, and done in a really great samba mode overall! Instrumentation is mostly acoustic – with excellent percussion and guitar – and Costa's vocals really open up in the setting, with a crackling charm that grabs us right away! Titles include "Peso E Medida", "Que Me Dera", "Sou O Samba", "Filosofia De Vida", "O Que E O Que E", and "Cantador De Felicidade". ~ Dusty Groove
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