This is some of the stuff that the venerable Mr. Byrne acquired here in Cana Brava Records last January, 2009...

Lady With a Plate
(and a great heart)

Ninety-year-old Dona Edith do Prato's (Edith Oliveira Nogueira) eponyminously entitled Dona Edith do Prato is a result of the delicious collaboration of Dona Edith herself, As Vozes da Purificação (The Voices of Purification, a group of women singers whose exultant spirit has only been compounded by their substantial years on this planet), Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, and others.  Musical direction as well as the record's beautiful guitar work (in the style so unique to samba-de-roda) were the provenance of Paulo Dáfilin.

This record is samba-de-roda at it's finest, eleven of the songs being in the public domain (including a song very well known to capoeiristas: Marinheiro Só) hence making the recording something of a record of heritage as well as well as an exquisite work of art.

The first and last tracks were recorded in the quintal (backyard) of Dona Canô's house in Santo Amaro (Dona Canô is Maria Bethânia and Caetano Veloso's mother), and the remainder were recorded at Elias Filho's Studio Palco Livre in (the Salvador neighborhood of) Rio Vermelho.  The album really begins on the second track (which features Maria Bethânia).

Price: US$16.49 or €12.

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Songlist

01. Abertura e Cavaleiro
02. Quem Pode Mais, Dona da Casa, Eu Vim Aqui
03. Marinheiro Só
04. Casa Nova, Raiz (com Mariene de Castro)
05. Tombo do Pau
06. Samba Numerado (com Cortejo Afro)
07. Ariri Vaqueira (com Roque Ferreira)
08. Senimbú e Calolé
09. Ai Dindinha
10. Minha Senora, How Beautiful (com Caetano Veloso)
11. Santo Amaro Ê Ê
12. Vivas