WIDR World

There is a new compilation CD in the WIDR rotation, and it comes from David Byrne’s international music brainchild label, Luaka Bop. This is part of the label’s continuing series of music from all over the world, but the seventh release focusing on Brazil. The CD in question is called “What’s Happening in Pernambuco.” The state of Pernambuco, in northeast Brazil, has not been the focus of the rest of the world where music is concerned. But a manifesto was put forth by some of the inhabitants of the capital city, Recife, to pull the city up by its bootstraps and do something with its centuries of cultural history. There’s a pretty great video on Luaka Bop’s web site that does a better job explaining it than I can. If you have Quicktime, click here and watch it. And then call your friendly WIDR DJ, and kindly ask them to play it. You won’t regret it.

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