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Caratinga

About Me

Caratinga are a fabulous Anglo-Brazilian sextet bringing traditional Brazilian Choro and Samba to a new audience across the UK.

With dazzling acoustic interplay, infectious rhythms and gorgeous songs from over a century of Brazilian music, Caratinga have delighted audiences at festivals, theatres and arts centres throughout the UK. They're also firm favourites on the UK's thriving Rural Touring network.

Caratinga's debut CD was released on their own label in 2005, and is available at GuitarCds.Net. (opens new window/tab) In October 2008 Caratinga released their second album "Na Ponta Do Pé" on F-IRE Records, distributed through Proper Distribution, and the album is now available through all major retailers including Tesco.com , Zavvi.com and Amazon.co.uk .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/08/2006
Band Website: www.caratinga-music.co.uk
Band Members: The band features Jonathan Preiss on 7-stringed acoustic guitar, Anselmo Netto on mandolin and percussion, Leandra Varanda on vocals, Felipe Karam on violin and cavaquinho, Adriano Adewale on percussion and Idris Rahman on clarinet.

Caratinga have also been joined both live and on CD by special guests including some of the UK's top Brazilian and Jazz musicians; Bosco de Oliveira on percussion, Allison Neale on flute and Ben Davis ..o.
Influences: Ernesto Nazareth, Pixinguinha, Jacob do Bandolim, Rabo de Lagartixa, Agua de Moringa, Marisa Monte, Paulinho da Viola, Monica Salmaso, Paulo Bellinati, Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti, Trio Madeira Brasil, Marco Pereira and many others ...
Sounds Like:
Record Label: F-IRE Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Flickr-tainment

Well, various exciting things have been going on lately ... we’ve been out and about doing more shows for the wonderful folks of Live & Local, who run Rural Touring activities in Derbyshire,...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:09:00 GMT

Live & Local (with video)

We're out and about at the moment doing a bunch of shows on the Rural Touring Network ... around Derbyshire/Warwickshire/Staffordshire for Live & Local, four dates for Creative Arts East in East A...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:35:00 GMT

Fun at the Corsham Festival - with video!!!

Here's a clip from Caratinga's show at the Corsham Festival this summer. We did the final show of the festival, originally intended to be on an outdoor stage, but due a torrential downpour we moved in...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:35:00 GMT

Autumn shows around England...

Hello again to whoever's reading!!It's been a little while since my last post, but I'm resolved to turn over a new leaf and make this a much more regular affair ...The last couple of months of Caratin...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:12:00 GMT

So, here's the very first entry in the Caratinga blog ...

For those of you who don't know us already, the group has been around in its present state for a couple of years now, but the first Caratinga CD was actually recorded with a largely different line-up ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:05:00 GMT