forro (brazil)

sometimes you can't go past the original
songlines recommended a chap by the name of luiz gonzaga
seems he was the man who rescued the style of forro
and is now a household name in his native brazil
his influence now permeates throughout a lot of modern brazilian music
there are quite a few contemporary clips demonstrating that influence
david byrne also gets a mention due to his interest in this style
there's a few clips with him and a band called forro in the dark
here's what songlines had to say about forro
this jittery jig-like 2/4 rhythm was ostensibly born in barn dances
thrown by english railway companies in north-east brazil
brazilianised with a soft portuguese 'i' and 'r' these 'for alls'
as they were christened by the english became 'fa-haws' - spelt forros
today the rhythm is brazil's favourite dance after samba
the clip shown here features luiz gonzaga
recorded in 1958
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