Putumayo Presents: An Afro-Portuguese...

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Compilation producers: Jacob Edgar, Lisa Lee, John McQueeney. Includes liner notes by Jacob Edgar. This is part of Putumayo's "World Music" series. Liner Note Author: Jacob Edgar. Illustrator: Nicola Heindl. At the risk of over-simplifying things, the modern pop music of the Portuguese-speaking world can be divided into three main categories: Brazilian pop or MPB, pop from Portugal, and pop from African countries that were once colonies of Portugal. Afro-Portuguese Odyssey, a diverse compilation that Putumayo assembled in 2002, essentially falls into the third category. The artists on this CD embrace what has been termed Lusophone music -- that is, music from African countries where people speak Portuguese (or at least something Portuguese-influenced like Cape Verde's Crioulo language), and those artists embrace the contemporary pop of Mozambique (Mabulu), Angola (Ruy Mingas, Banda Maravhilha), Cape Verde (Jovino Dos Santos, Leonel Almeida, Agusto Cego), and Guinea-Bissau (Dulce Neves, Bidinte, Manecas Costa). The artists don't necessarily live in Africa -- some live in Europe or the United States -- but they have a strong Lusophone connection. Afro-Portuguese Odyssey points to the fact that Lusophone pop is hardly one-dimensional; Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all have their own rhythms, and Lusophone is as far-reaching a term as South American. Describing music as South American isn't being very specific; South American music could be anything from samba to tango to Cumbia -- and similarly, Lusophone pop can -- depending on the country, the artist, and the rhythm -- be either exuberant or dusky and moody. Africa's Portuguese-speaking countries are often influenced by Latin music, and on Afro-Portuguese Odyssey, the artists are influenced by everything from Brazilian samba to Afro-Cuban salsa. The salsa influence is especially strong on Banda Maravhilha's "Canta Forte," Jovino Dos Santos' "Africa Mamae," and Leonel Almeida's "Ti Jom Poca." Putumayo's ambitious compilations are usually full of interesting surprises, and the excellent Afro-Portuguese Odyssey is no exception. ~ Alex Henderson
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