PUBLISHED: Sep 06, 2012
DESCRIPTION:
L. Constant & the Florquestra bring Leonard Cohen's "Lover Lover Lover" into the pastry shop of Brazilian harmony, rhythm and instrumentation. This particular rhythmic pattern, with its delightful limp, is the "baião", a typical export of North-Eastern Brazil (alongside sugar, cocoa, cotton, fruit and oil).
This recording appears on "Flortografia", Leonard Constant & the Florquestra's first album, freshly squeezed in 2013.
Personnel: Silvio Módolo (viola caipira, bass, pandeiro, cavaquinho, accordion, backup vocals), Regina Gomes Teixeira (tantan, triangle, wooden agogô, backup vocals) and Leonard Constant (vocals, guitar).
Info & bookings: contact[at]florquestra.com
More about Florquestra: http://www.florquestra.com
More about Leonard Constant: http://www.leonardconstant.com
© Florquestra, Leonard Constant, Cahaça Prod & ConArt Productions, 2012-2013, all rights reserved.