{"id":122213,"date":"2024-07-09T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=interviews&p=122213"},"modified":"2024-07-09T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:46:17","slug":"nuits-dafrique-2024-alberto-salgado-embracing-brazilian-traditions-and-modernity","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/nuits-dafrique-2024-alberto-salgado-embracing-brazilian-traditions-and-modernity\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuits d\u2019Afrique 2024 | ALBERTO SALGADO: Embracing Brazilian Traditions and Modernity\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alberto Salgado has been evolving in the Brazilian musical world for a quarter of a century. But he has particularly asserted himself over the past decade, producing two solo albums (and soon a third), including Caba\u00e7a d’Agua which won the prize for best album at the Brazilian Music Awards in 2017. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He will perform at Nuits d\u2019Afriques on July 11 at 8 p.m. at Balattou. Michel Labrecque interviewed him in his mother tongue, Portuguese, to better understand his approach. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberto Salgado grew up and lives in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil located in the agricultural plains in the middle of this immense country. He entered the musical universe through capoeira, this Brazilian martial art which combines art with combat. As a child, he learned the berimbau and percussion and the cavaquihno (small four-string guitar). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then went through a rap period, then began to seriously learn classical and acoustic guitar. \u201cBy mixing all this I created my style and I realized that people appreciated it, which pushed me to make solo albums,\u201d he explains from Vancouver in a video conference with his very broad smile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, Al\u00e9m do Quinta<\/em>l appeared. \u201cIt was a catalog of my musical offering. Then, three years later, Caba\u00e7a d\u2019Agua<\/em>, \u201cmuch better defined\u201d, in the opinion of Alberto Salgado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does he describe his music? We both agree that the term MBP (Musica Popular Brasileira) is too generic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would say that I make Brazilian percussive music,\u201d he exclaims, laughing. It is true that even his guitar is percussive, sometimes reminiscent of early Lenin. \u201cI have a lot of African influences, the rhythms are super important to me.\u201d The fact remains that the guitar is the predominant instrument, we hear influences of forr\u00f3, samba and ijexa, among others. There are so many different Brazilian genres.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Brazil, we counted three hundred and thirty-seven different rhythms. In the United States, there are around thirty. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added to this cocktail are more electronic and synthetic influences, quite discreet but which add contemporaryness. And of course, Alberto\u2019s warm voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also warm music, it\u2019s important to say that,\u201d adds Salgado. \u201cMany of my songs address social themes, including the absurd inequalities of my country, people who no one gives a voice to, but I also talk about joy and love. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His third offering, Tutorial de Ebo<\/em>, should be released in the coming months. The Balattou audience will be able to hear five new songs. \u201cEbo is one of the religions that comes from African rituals, just like Candombl\u00e9,\u201d says Alberto. \u201cThis album will definitely be my most percussive and danceable record. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberto Salgado will be surrounded by three musicians, \u201call virtuosos,\u201d he says. We will be treated to a mixture of the three opuses. It should heat up, but subtly. This is his first trip to Canada. He can\u2019t wait to discover Montreal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this interview, an authenticity of the character of Alberto Salgado emerges. To be continued at Balattou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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