[Today: Two exotic, mysterious albums...]
Here are two exotic albums that spend a fair amount of time on our turntable. Neither of these groups is exactly what they seem: Brazilian Girls are three-quarters male and 0% Brazilian, and Pink Martini sounds like an old-time orchestra with a lead singer that belts it out in ten (!) different languages, but they’re actually a contemporary group from Portland, OR. Both groups have multi-national sounds that feature relatively unusual instrumentation like tubas and trumpets. In Sabina Sciubba (Brazilian Girls) and China Forbes (Pink Martini), these groups boast two of the more gifted and unheralded singers on the scene today. And finally, both of these albums are worthy of repeated spins in spite of less than inspired cover art…
Listen: Homme [Brazilian Girls]
Listen: Tempo Perdido [Pink Martini]
Listen: Don’t Stop [Brazilian Girls]
Listen: City Of Night [Pink Martini]
Tags: Brazilian Girls, China Forbes, Hey Eugene!, Pink Martini, Portland OR, Sabina Sciubba
30 September 2009 at 3:42 pm |
Caught Pink Martini on PBS a few months back…good stuff, never a dull moment.