É O Tchan

Musicologia de É O Tchan 1 track in the collection

Carnival euphoriaAfro-Bahian rhythmCorporeal celebrationSexual double entendreCommunal call-and-responseBrazilian folk wisdomStreet-party culture

Before they became the most ubiquitous pop phenomenon in 1990s Brazil, É O Tchan — then still performing under the name Gera Samba — were a scrappy pagode baiano outfit forged in the sweltering rehearsal spaces and street parties of Salvador, Bahia. The group coalesced around the vision of percussio

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