Iaia [Import]

1. Moro Na Roça

2. Cabrochinha

3. Estrela de Oxum

4. Menina, Amanhã de Manhã

5. Vingança

6. Por Toda a Minha Vida

7. Assum Branco

8. Cidade Lagoa

9. Doce Na Feira

10. Sinhazinha (Despertar)

11. Onde Ir

12. E Doce Morrer No Mar

13. Na Aldeia

Tracks:

Moro Na Roca
Cabrochinha
Estrela De Oxum
Menina, Amanha De Manha
Vinganca
Por Toda A Minha Vida
Assum Branco
Cidade Lagoa
Doce Na Feira
Sinhazinha (Despertar)
Onde Ir
E Doce Morrer No Mar
Na Aldeia

Customer Reviews:

Monica's finest moment... so far!.......2007-03-24

Monica Salmaso gets better and better, working with top musicians in the Sao Paulo scene and selecting chestnuts and unknown gems from popular and rootsy sources. As always, her voice brings to mind an art song singer, schooled in Schubert and Wolf, who somehow ended up in a samba school by mistake. The result is something that, on the surface, seems cooler and more formal than many singers of samba and other Brazilian styles, yet she inhabits the songs and lends a radiance that other singers simply never imagine.

Highlights include the haunting E Doce Morrer No Mar, written by always-soulful baiano Dorival Caymmi, and the light-as-a-feather samba Moro Na Roca. Assum Branco is Monica at her most sinuous and graceful, while Cabrochinha is a humorous story-samba put over with dry wit, while Estrela de Oxum is, to my ears, about as beautiful a series of notes as I can imagine a human being making.

Average customer rating:

Tops Trampolim
Beautiful Brazilian music...

Iaia
Mônica Salmaso
Manufacturer: Biscoito Fino Br
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001KL40E
Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

Moro Na Ro
Cabrochinha
Estrela de Oxum
Menina, Amanhe Manh
Vingan
Por Toda a Minha Vida
Assum Branco
Cidade Lagoa
Doce Na Feira
Sinhazinha (Despertar)
Onde Ir
Doce Morrer No Mar
Na Aldeia

Customer Reviews:

Tops Trampolim.......2004-06-23

There aren't many albums I can listen to over and over again, but Monica's Trampolim album is one of those. Well, Iaia is even better. This isn't dance music, isn't pop radio music, and isn't jazz. It is a modern take on samba and folkloric rhythms, classic compostions such as Caymmi's E Doce Morrer No Mar, and some fine modern compositions. It is music for dreaming or making love in a hammock just out of reach of tropical rain.

Beautiful Brazilian music..........2004-06-02

Monica Salmaso is one of Brazil's best off-the-radar artists, with several critcially acclaimed albums under her belt, and a tranquil but devoted following here in the USA. Fans of her previous records, "Trampolim" and "Voadeira," should love this one as well, although the tone and tempo are notably different this time around. Actually, this album reached me and drew me in in a way that her previous albums did not... It's simpler, more relaxed, more direct, and more lively. Her longtime collaborator Rodolfo Stroeter again produces, but with an eye towards rootsier styles, notably the "choro" vibe that predominates on many songs. The song selection is broad, encompassing the old-school bossa of Tom Jobim, more modern MPB by Chico Buarque, some traditional-leaning acoustic sambas and samba cancaoes, and even some more angular, offbeat material by Tom Ze and Jose Miguel Wisnik. Although Salmaso's vocals are less ethereal and mysterious than before, they are also more accessible, and more engaging. A very nice album... recommended!