A Brazilian band from Bahia that mixed local Afro-Brazilian sounds with straightforward songs about love and loss.
For a quick sense of them, start with 'Saudade de Rosa' and 'De Que Vale a Minha Vida Agora?'. They frame that mix of local rhythm and plainspoken feeling pretty well.
They came out of Salvador in the early 1970s with a sound that felt specific to the place, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, samba touches, a bit of jazz. The title track from their 1974 debut 'Saudade de Rosa' is still one of their best-known songs, a good example of how they handled longing without getting fussy. You can hear that same directness in later tracks like 'De Que Vale a Minha Vida Agora?'.
The band formed around singer-songwriter Bartô Galeno, his brother João on guitar, and bassist João Lima. They put out 'Saudade de Rosa' in 1974, followed by albums like 'Nação' in 1976 and 'A Flor da Pele' in 1980, with various musicians coming through over the years.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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