Renascence

From Angola, recorded 1st CD "Pretaluz" ( in the library) seven years ago in exile in Portugal when Angola was at civil war. Great voice, in Portuguese. This CD is upbeat about his return to Angola. He performs at Stern Grove Aug 7 2005 with Maria De Barros from Cape Verde ( in the library).
**1: 5: 07 slow to mid Beautiful male vocal nice mellow instrumentation
**2: 5:52 mid tempo male vocal nice mellow instrumentation. Nice guitar, cool whistle in a song about the water o f Bengo. Picks up towards the end.
**3: 3: slower start, kicks in gear @ 2:30
****4: 4: 29 fast, great percussion and guitar, trombone.
*5: 5:33 mid to faster, perc & brass
***6: 5:05 Very nice vocal and cool instrumentation, great slow dance number
*7: 5: 33 slow to mid, spoken word, background chorus.
**8: 5:41 mid tempo, "Peace, bread & love"
**9: 5:18 Slow ballad, a torch song, he puts a lot of emotion into this song.
**10: 5:44 real slow ballad, @ 2:00 kicks in with fasts tempo.
****11: 3: fast, nice guitars, great vocal. Fast.
***12: 3: 42 club mix of # 5 ( reggae style dub mix) D Farrell 07/2005