Coladera La Dotu Lado

Brazil, Portugal and Cape Verde resound in the beguiling songsof this acoustic trio. Latin American and African tinged rhythms, connected bythe Portuguese language."La Dôtu Lado" is the second album of the transatlantic projectColadera, presenting the various styles of lusophone music. Led by Brazilian guitaristVitor Santana and Joao Pires, his Portuguese counterpart, who also sings andplays guitar.The album brought together a number of collaborationsthat included José Eduardo Agualusa, Aline Frazao, Dino Santiago, Bilan, AnaSofia Paiva, Edu Mundo, Brisa Marques and Marcos Suzano: three musicaluniverses that honor the lusophone rhythms. Brazil, Portugal and Cape Verdemerge into a dialogue of guitars, percussions and voices, bringing together therhythms of samba and the northeast region of Brazil, the funaná, the morna, the coladeraand the batuque of Cape Verde, the Portuguese fado or the Angolan lundum.Coladera was named after the rhythm born of the Morna, thetraditional Cape Verdean music, which in turn is derived from Portuguese fado andAngolan lundum. This unique musical universe is interpreted in a raw, beguilingway by Coladera.