Release Date: 28 March 2011
Label: Saphrane
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712618626092
Genres: World Music
Description
With his long hair, wide riding breeches and straw hat Brazilian Renato Borghetti represents the typical image of a real gaucho. The cd Andanças is the result of ten years of rambling, research and discovering new ways of musical expression.
Borghetti and musicians travel increasingly in Europe and it is therefore not surprising that they seek out their roots. Renato discovers that the music from Italy and Germany, countries where his parents - and many other immigrants in Brazil - come from, has much in common with gaucho music.
All these influences have played their role and Borghetti’s music has continued to mature. Andanças is the result of ten years of rambling, research and discovering new ways of musical expression. It has become a potent mix of European and Brazilian music. The cd was recorded live in Brussels, Belgium in 2009. The energy and passion of the artist on stage was finally captured on cd for the first time.
Renato Borghetti hails from southern Brazil, more precisely near the border with Argentina and Uruguay, and is of German-Italian ancestry. When he was 10 years old he started playing the “gaita ponto” as the diatonic harmonica is called in this region,
Tracklisting
Brussels Jazz Orchestra
Katerina Papadopoulou & Anastatica
Katerina Papadopoulou & Aegean Arc
Gustavo Pazos Conde
Benjamin Hulett
Alexander Balanescu & Ada Milea With The Balanescu Quartet
Tutu Puoane
Tutu Puoane
Satyajit Ray
Novalima
Lula Cortes
20th Century Steel Band
20th Century Steel Band
Aratanha Azul
Toumani Diabate
Guts
