Cordel do Fogo Encantado

The Cordel perform Fogo Encantado was made in Arcoverde, Brazil, located 260 km from Recife (Pernambuco), by five youngsters, three from Arcoverde (Lirinha, pandeiro/vocals; Clayton Barros, electric guitar/vocals; Emerson Calado, percussion/tone of voice) and two in the Morro da Conceição, Recife (Rafa Almeida, percussion/tone of voice; and Nêmove Henrique, percussion/tone of voice). The group made an appearance in 1997 being a theatrical spectacle fusing narrative; landscape; Indian customs (toré); an extremely percussive strategy; the oral well-known poetry from the hinterlands made by northeast Brazilian bards like Manoel Filó, Manoel Chadu, Zé da Luz, Chico Pedrosa, and Inácio da Catingueira; the Northeastern well-known literature referred to as “cordel”; and folkloric musical styles just like the reisado, the embolada, the samba de coco, as well as the music of cantadores (minstrels). In 1999, the Cordel opened up on the Rec-Beat celebration, arranged in Recife through the Carnival. The unbiased Cordel perform Fogo Encantado premiered in 2001, made by Naná Vasconcellos. Promoting the recording throughout their first southeast Brazilian tour, they instantly caught the interest of the press, also having loaded houses for his or her performances. The 1st music video, for the music “Chover (Ou Invocação em virtude de Um Dia Líquido),” was awarded in a number of festivals. Their 1st international tour premiered during July and August 2001, consisting in 11 displays through Belgium, Germany, France, and additional countries. In Oct, the group participated in the Free of charge Jazz Event, in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In 2002, the group was elected by APCA (Association of Artwork Critics of São Paulo) as the “revelation group” of 2001. Their 2002 displays included as its starting song “Operating-system Anjos Caídos,” theme of Cacá Diegues’ film Deus É Brasileiro, where the music group also participated.