Adriana Calcanhotto is a Brazilian singer and composer with an alter-ego, Adriana Partimpim, in whose guise she performs and records music for children. The second Parimpim album was released in 2009, and it includes an amazing version of O Trenzinho do Caipira from Bachianas Brasileiras #2. With words by the great Brazilian poet Ferreira Gullar, and support from a very tight band, this is a really exceptional version of a piece that's become a Brazilian pop/jazz standard, almost a second national anthem. And it has an exceptional video (unfortunately embedding is disabled, but I encourage you to trek on over to YouTube to check it out). I love the references to things Villa-Lobos loved: kites, trains, children, and cats.
You can listen to the album at this flash-based site; click on Partimpim Dois: CD.
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