Mix a handful of feverish sambas, a pinch of sultry bossa novas, a dash of tropical rhyme, the intricate beauty of Brazilian harmony and the rhythmic patterns you may have never heard before... but will love immediately. Serve on a hot day, between a slice of setting sun and a slice of settled sea, with a Regina Gomes Teixeira (vocals, percussion), a Leonard Constant (guitar, vocals) and a Silvio Modolo (piano, cavaquinho, bass, vocals).
«No surprise that the heat keeps rising into the weekend at a venue called Mercury Lounge. Just pronouncing Florquestra Brasil makes me warmer, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is what is on offer this eve. A bonafide bossa nova and samba band from Guimarães and São Paulo, Florquestra Brasil will make your heart weep for sunburns while you burn up the wooden floor.»
Cormac Rea, Ottawa Xpress, January 2009
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Featured songs:
'Aguas!' (based on 'Agua de beber', by Tom Jobim),
featuring:
Fernando Acosta (aka Nando Velho do Rebolo): berimbau & tamborim,
Regina Gomes Teixeira: vocals, surdo, caixa, agogô,
Leonardo Constant: guitar, darbuka, bayan (Russian accordion), kalimba.
'Tempo' (music & lyrics by Silvio Módolo)
featuring:
Silvio Módolo: guitar, bass, tamborim, xocalho,
Leonardo Constant: vocals,
Evandro Gracelli: solo guitar, cavaquinho.
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Le Florquestra (anciennement Brazilian Vibes)
sur les ondes de la Société Radio-Canada,
à l'émission « Divines tentations »,
animée par Claude Naubert (le 5 juillet 2008)
et réalisée par Johanne Samson :
Le Florquestra dans le clan Tropicantos :
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