EsquinaTango Celebrates Brazilian Culture
Night on April 2nd with Live Music
Esquina Tango Cultural
Society will celebrate a night of Brazilian culture with the
musical collaboration Os Alquimistas. The event takes
place Friday, April 2nd, at the EsquinaTango
headquarters at 209 Pedernales Street.
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Starting at 9 p.m.,
guests will enjoy DJ music and have a chance to take a
mini-Samba dance class at 9:30 p.m. Then at 10 p.m., Os
Alquimistas take the stage.
Led by musicians Frederico
Geib and Michael Longoria, Os Alquimistas exude Afro-Brazilian
soul with a blend of lyric vocals and percussive beats.
After seven years working
as a writer and performer for latin supergroup Ghandaia, Geib
returned to Austin and met Brazilian percussion master Longoria
- who had also just returned from an extensive touring
period.
The dou's original
sound of samba-funk, bossa-nova, reggae and maracatu styles
blend with rock, jazz and electronica. The result is bed
of Brazilian guitar chords and electronic ambience.
Special guests Nico Tea on
bass, Fumi Hirohito on electric guitar, and Luiz Coutinho on
percussion will sit in with Os Alquimistas for the EsquinaTango
event. The musicians will also be joined by Phillip Vieux
on saxophone and flute, and Christian Fernandez on guitars,
bass, percussion, and vocals.
Tickets for the music
event are $7 at the door, and the event is BYOB. For more
information, call (512) 524-2772 or visit www.EsquinaTangoAustin.com.
(Photo of Os Alquimistas courtesy the
musicians)
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