Songs about Brazil (part 2)
Source: G.Leonardo, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
On this US Independence Day, here’s part 2 of “A trip to Brazil in 100 songs” from my friends at the Brazuca Sounds podcast. In March they released the first 25 for spring (US) / fall (Brazil), a list that included songs from the southeast part of the country as well as a couple of pan-Brazil songs. A couple of days ago, they released part 2, which in honor of the (US) summer travels up to the hot Northeast, including the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Piauí, Maranhão, and Rio Grande do Norte, featuring a lot of forró and other northeastern music genres. I’ve only translated one of the songs this time around, but I’m still pleasantly surprised to find that I’ve translated a number of the artists already (lots of links below!) and the list gives me plenty more to work on! Enjoy!
“Saudade da Bahia” (Dorival Caymmi & Tom Jobim, 1957), with shout outs to other Dorival Caymmi songs about Bahia: “O que é que a baiana tem?” (1939, performed by Carmen Miranda), “Você já foi à Bahia?” (1941, performed in 1967 by Astrud Gilberto), and “Coqueiro de Itapoã” (1954). (There will be a Dorival Caymmi song coming soon as part of my work on a forthcoming play.)
“Tarde em Itapoã” (Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes, 1969)
“Farol da Barra” (Novos Baianos, 1974)
“Eu vim da Bahia” (Gilberto Gil, 1966, perf. by João Gilberto), with a shout out to “Back in Bahia (Gil & Caetano, 1972)
“Triste Bahia” (Caetano Veloso, 1972)
“Quero voltar pra Bahia” (Paulo Diniz, 1970)
“Movimento da cidade” (Ary Lobo, 1962)
“Corrope de Jaboatão” (Jacinto Silva, 1966)
“Olinda” (Alceu Valença, 1985)
“Coração do Agreste” (Geraldo Azevedo, 1977)
“A feira de Caruaru” (Onilda Almeida, perf. by Luiz Gonzaga, 1953)
Plus also written and/or performed by Gonzaga: “Juazeiro” (1949, with Humberto Teixeira), “Eu vou pro Crato” (1963, with José Jataí), and “Da Terezina a São Luiz” (João do Vale & Helena Gonzaga, 1962)
“Capital do Agreste” (Onildo Almeida, perf. by Gonzaga, 1953)
“Forró em Caruaru” (Jackson do Pandeiro, 1955)
Plus also by Jackson do Pandeiro: “Alô Campina Grande” (1977) and “Forró em Campina” (1971)
“Xaxado da Paraíba” (Luís Reinaldo Costa & Juvenal Lopes, perf. by Marinês, 1957)
“As velas do Mucuripe” (Belchior, 1990, perf. by Fagner)
“Terral” (Ednardo, 1973)
“São Piauí” (Clodo, Climério, & Clésio, 1977)
“Alagoas” (Djavan, 1978)
“Maranhão, meu tesouro, meu torrão” (Alcione, 1984)
“Catirina” (Josias Sobrinho, perf. by Papete, 1978)
“Menino da lera” (Oberdan Oliveira, perf. by Nonato e Seu Conjunto, 1978)
“Rio Grande do Norte - Natal” (Pinduca, 1983)
“Asa Branca” (Luiz Gonzaga, 1947)