Matuto, featuring guitarist Clay Ross and accordionist Rob Curto, has tapped into the sounds of Brazilian music and bluegrass to become a force in New York’s busy Brazilian scene.
(Lisette Santiago)
The sounds of Brazil — by way of Appalachia
Matuto blends baião with roots music
Matuto, featuring guitarist Clay Ross and accordionist Rob Curto, has tapped into the sounds of Brazilian music and bluegrass to become a force in New York’s busy Brazilian scene.
(Lisette Santiago)
The revelation, says guitarist Clay Ross, boiled down to a single song. It was a baião — a style of folk music from northeastern Brazil — by one of the masters of the genre that drove home to this South Carolina country boy-turned-New York City jazzman a connection that he could not deny. (Full article: 805 words)
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