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Artist
Renata Rosa
12+ albums
folkbrazilfemale vocalistsbrasilnordeste
about
Renata Rosa grasps the mystic universe within the traditional chants from Brazil's Northeast, highlighting the less regarded feminine influences of the outback's popular culture. Born in Sao Paulo, the composer and musician has gathered a vast array of rhythmical, poetical structures, canons and voice dialogues from the grassroot music of the Northeast. Her songs are inspired by the Maracatu Rural, the Coco and the Cavalo Marinho, amongst others, and reveal the richness of these traditions, exposing an authentic repertoire made up of her own compositions, young and old composers as well as songs that are now in the public domain. Listening to Renata Rosa is a groundbreaking trip into the timeless world of the Caboclos, the Native Indians and the Africans of Brazil. Renata Rosa's performance intertwines the best of the Northeast music with its dances. The power within the chant is a physical consequence of the dance, and in some songs the stage ground actually becomes a percussion instrument, as it is stomped by the artists. Renata plays the "rabeca" (the traditional brazilian fiddle), alongside her musicians, Seu Luis Paixao, a native master of this traditional fiddle, a "viola" (a rare kind of acoustic guitar), 2 percussionists and
