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Forro in the Dark

Forro In The Dark plays the music of Louis Gonzaga, The King Of Baião, a style of Brazilian dance music that is built around a trio of accordion, triangle and zabumba (a small bass drum with a huge sound). The relentless driving rhythms of the accordion, much like Zydeco, combine with distinctly Brazilian melodies. Often humorous, these are songs about life in the rugged, dry and unforgiving landscape of northern Brazil. This is party music for hard working people who would gather together at night for a "forro,” where they could drink and dance and forget their troubles. Forro In The Dark is Robert Curto on accordion, Mauro Refosco on zabumba, Jorge Amorin on triangle, Sergio Brandao on bass and cavaquino, and Ana Fontella on guitar.

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Baião - Forro in the Dark 9/8/03: Baião - Forro in the Dark

Baião by Forro in the Dark, a northeastern Brazilian dance band, blends hard driving forro rhythms with melodies from northeastern Brazil. The traditional, instrumental musical form baião is based on ancient European ballroom figure dances. Dance teachers Sonia Pessoa and Marcus Brandao of Sambarts. (Hemispheres series)

Baião - Forro in the Dark

Baião by Forro in the Dark, a northeastern Brazilian dance band, blends hard driving forro rhythms with melodies from northeastern Brazil. The traditional, instrumental musical form baião is based on ancient European ballroom figure dances. Dance teachers Sonia Pessoa and Marcus Brandao of Sambarts. (Hemispheres series)

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