detail from the cover to Elomar's album "Fantasia Leiga Para um Rio Seco"
Elomar, or Elomar Figueira Mello, is a Brazilian singer and composer from the rural area of Vitória da Conquista, in the northeastern state of Bahia. Born in 1937, Elomar has created a unique approach to song, drawing on folk, classical, and ancient troubadour traditions. Host David Garland presents an introduction to Elomar's music, including selections from several albums dating back to the 1970s and '80s. The songs are expressive, adventurous, and elegant, with accompaniments ranging from just guitar to full symphony orchestra.
Comments [5]
It's an amazing musical! Today in medieval times
Um cantor singular...completo, excelente!!!
Thank you, David, for this transcendent musical introduction!!!
I stumbled upon the show as I sat on the deck in the July humidity; Elomar's music and beautiful voice and playing and arrangements lifted me into the night air!!!
Here's the playlist, showing artist-album-song:
Elomar - Das Barrancas do Rio Gavião (1972) - Incelenáa do Amor Retirant
Elomar - Na Quadrada das Águas Perdidas (1978) - Na Quadrada das Aguas Perdidas
Elomar & Arthur Moreira Lima – Parcelada Malunga (1980) - Louvação (Do 'Auto da Catingueira')
Elomar - Das Barrancas do Rio Gavião (1972) - Na Estrada das Areias de Ouro
Elomar - Fantasia leiga para um rio seco (1981) - Abertura, Parcela
Fantasy to lay a dry river
Elomar - Auto da Catingueira (1984) - Bespa (Abertura), 3rd Canto (Das Visage e das Latumia)
Elomar - Das Barrancas do Rio Gavião (1972) - Cavaleiro do São Joaquim
Elomar - Na Quadrada das Águas Perdidas (1978) - O Rapto de Joana do Tarugo
How may I find Elomar's playlist??
Don't know where it is.....
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