Eugénia Melo e Castro and Clube da Esquina: the dream of a Luso-Brazilian world song

• Main Author: de Andrade Pacheco, Mateus
• Publication Date: 2020
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: ArtCultura (Online)
• Download full: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/artcultura/article/view/58652
• topic: Clube da Esquina; Eugénia Melo e Castro; fronteiras; Clube da Esquina; Eugénia Melo e Castro; borders

During Eugénia Melo e Castro’s – Portuguese singer and songwriter – meetings with the Brazilian musicians Wagner Tiso, Milton Nascimento, and Novelli, in the early 80’s, a lively debate flourishes around a joint search for challenging speeches from highly regarded and artistically known musical patterns. In that scenario, the artists feel encouraged to reinvent themselves, in a confluence of rhythms, interpretations and dictions, drawing reflections on music based on plural sounds and a feeling of world belonging. As discussions grow heated, other artistic presences are invited, such as the Portuguese artists Sérgio Godinho and Trovante’s group, in addition to Brazilian voices, brought to the scene by some sort of anecdotal memory, musical detail or even a familiar sound that invades a transitory creation.