28, 29 & 30 Singer and Accordionist Lívia Mattos
20 Jun, 2013
Forró’s Lovers
Friday 28/06
10pm: Tia Maria Restaurant and Music Bar,
126, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1RB
+info: 020 7622 3602
FREE
Saturday 29/06
10pm: Forró Family,
The Church, Exmouth Market Street, EC1R 4QE
+info: 07834 465 577
£5
Sunday 30/06
9pm Guanabara Club,
Parker Street, WC2B 5PW
+info: 020 7242 8600
FREE B4 8pm
£5 after8pm
Release
Livia Mattos – a Bahia-born musician famous for being Chico Cesar’s accordion player – is the star of the Midsummer night. In her solo work, Livia combines her accordion with regional influences and cosmopolitan Brazilian music, mixing sounds like ska and rockabilly with folk rhythms, but still influenced by traditional sounds, such as polkas, waltzes, and boleros guarânias. Livia draws attention by her humorous compositions and for being one of the few women accordion players who are well known in Brazil. Before learning to play accordion, Livia began her artistic career in a circus, as an acrobat. Her shows combine regional and cosmopolitan influences of Brazilian popular music, achieving a unique sound, toying with rhythms that are no longer being played on the radio but remain vibrant in audiences’ memories.
