Zelia Barbosa -Brazil: Songs Of Protest -MNOR CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 Opini?O (Opinion)

1.2 Funeral Do Lavrador (Funeral of a Worker)

1.3 Pedro Pedreiro (Peter the Mason)

1.4 Sina de Caboclo (Destiny of a Peasant)

1.5 Chegan?A (Arrival)

1.6 Pau de Arara (The Parrot Roost)

1.7 Carcara (The Vulture)

1.8 Canc?O Da Terra (Song of the Earth)

1.9 Zel?O

1.10 Feio, N?O E Bonito (Ugly)

1.11 Cicatriz (The Scar)

1.12 Nega Dina (Dina Says No)

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"Without a country in which to live, a field to plant, a love to cherish or a voice to sing, one is dead." in Brazil: Songs of Protest, Zelia Barbosa describes the hardships of plantation workers who are exploited by the landowners; of inhabitants of the slums who leave their families for work and wait for a raise they will never receive; of people forced to abandon their homes because of drought. Backed by guitar and percussion, Barbosa turns popular music into a vehicle of expression and action for the Brazilian people.

From sleeve: "This album presents twelve of the most typical songs depicting the life of the Brazilian people. You will come to understand the peasant, the dweller in the "Sertao" (Desert) of the Northeast as he sings of his sadness in having to leave the countryside to flee the drought, as he realizes his exploitation by the large landowner and as he hurls his protestations. The inhabitant of the "favela" (slums) condemned to vegetate on the outskirts of society tells of his life, also, in these songs. He tells how he constantly waits for the train to take him to work, waits for the raise each month that has been promised him for a year; his wife waits for the baby to be born and the baby waits for what? This expression of protest by the young composers of popular music in Brazil, this outcry, expresses the desire to make of a song an instrument to serve the people, to offer to the people a means of expressing themselves, of communicating: it marks a turning point in the evolution of the Brazilian song."

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MNOR00717.2

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