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Marisa Monte 'Universo Ao Meu Redor'

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On September 12th, Blue Note/Metro Blue Records will simultaneously release two individual albums from the Brazilian superstar, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and musicologist, Marisa Monte. The albums, which were released in Brazil this Spring and have already sold platinum, feature an impressive array of guest collaborators as well, including David Byrne, Philip Glass, Seu Jorge, Carlinhos Brown, and Arnaldo Antunes.Universo ao meu redor (The Universe Around Me), co-produced by Monte and Mario Caldato, is her first-ever recording to focus entirely on the great Brazilian tradition of Samba. Having grown up immersed in Samba (her father Carlos was one of the directors of the famous Portela Samba school in Rio de Janeiro), Monte was aware that there were many songs that were passed along orally that weren’t being recorded and were in danger of being lost. So she began researching these songs and their histories by interviewing Samba composers, as well as their family members & colleagues.

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