MPB, Progressive Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Chamber Folk, Psychedelic Rock
Her real name is Olivia Byington but at the time of her debut album she was simply known as Olivia. The songs in the album are influenced by both Olivia and A Barca Do Sol. It was released 1 year before A Barca Do Sol's third album. It has pretty good tracks in MPB and progressive folk.
Progressive Folk, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Folk
In this album, all the musicality of the group is filled with 'Brazilianities' such as flute melodies to the rhythm of berimbau or Prog mixed with cavaquinho and typical samba percussion. Strange combination? Yea! But also exciting, original and necessary!
After this third album, the group ended its activities and many musicians who were part of the band's formation (such as Jaques Morelenbaum, Nando Carneiro and Ritchie), followed successful careers within Brazilian music.
Members
Jaques Morelenbaum (vocals, piano, cello), Nando Carneiro (guitar, vocals), Mauri Costa (guitar), Marcelo Costa (drums), Beto Rezende (viola, guitar), Marcos Stull (bass, 1973-75), Richard Court (flute, 1973-75), Marcelo Bernardes (flute, 1973-75), Rui Motta (drums, 1973-75), Alan Pierre (bass, 1976-81), David Ganc (flute, 1976-81)
Progressive Folk, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Folk
A Barca Do Sol's second album. It's better and better quality than the first album. It contains very good progressive folk songs. One of the albums that should be in the archive.
Members
Jaques Morelenbaum (vocals, piano, cello), Nando Carneiro (guitar, vocals), Mauri Costa (guitar), Marcelo Costa (drums), Beto Rezende (viola, guitar), Marcos Stull (bass, 1973-75), Richard Court (flute, 1973-75), Marcelo Bernardes (flute, 1973-75), Rui Motta (drums, 1973-75), Alan Pierre (bass, 1976-81), David Ganc (flute, 1976-81)
Progressive Folk, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Folk
Progressive folk band A Barca Do Sol formed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1973, disbanded in 1981. The band A Barca do Sol was formed by musicians playing different genres. Creating and performing sophisticated pieces where instrumental choral variations meet with progressive rock, the group also had an important place in Geraldo Carneiro's lyrics. The first LP, A Barca Do Sol was released in 1974. The album included the band's most successful song, "Lady Jane" (Nando Carneiro / Geraldo Carneiro). This was followed by Durante O Verão (1976) and Pirata (1979), both reissued in CD format in the 90s.
A Barca Do Sol music is a complex, mostly acoustic, choral-oriented music genre. The group consists of a cellist, Jaques Morelembaum, a flutist David Ganc, a flutist Ritchie, a violinist Nando Carneiro, and two brothers Muri Costa and Marcelo Costa. They are somewhat similar to Jethro Tull, who seem to have been heavily influenced by Folk, but due to the type of instruments used.
If you like folk and creative instrumentation, you should definitely listen to A Barca Do Sol.
Members
Jaques Morelenbaum (vocals, piano, cello), Nando Carneiro (guitar, vocals), Mauri Costa (guitar), Marcelo Costa (drums), Beto Rezende (viola, guitar), Marcos Stull (bass, 1973-75), Richard Court (flute, 1973-75), Marcelo Bernardes (flute, 1973-75), Rui Motta (drums, 1973-75), Alan Pierre (bass, 1976-81), David Ganc (flute, 1976-81)
Men who sing to their loved ones about not seeing them (him?) in the next few days, weeks, months because they will be on a bereavement tour in Finland, Marseille or Shanghai, which is also in various foreign tongues suspect for me anyway. If the whole thing is then also accompanied by acoustic guitar and "flute", which is what happened on "Transworld Blues", it becomes dangerous in my opinion and I slowly begin to mentally flee. But it's not absolutely necessary, I find out with "The Spider To The Spy". It's also very funny. "Baby, Take Your Rags Off" also has a pleasant lush feeling. Almost good, if it hadn't been for the annoying piano dribbling in the background. Also on "Cross Continental..." the flute plays again... and this time it's really good. Yes, you weirdo, that really works!!! The chords and all the rest just have to fit. And that's the case with this song without exception. The acoustic bass part, in which you think you can hear the strings snipping on the cornea of your fingertips, is also great despite its structural simplicity. Fine! An 11:14 long good piece of music. "Snakes In A Hole" brings you back down to earth. Quite a nice fizz, what is offered there. With "The Time I've Wasted" it becomes clear that in the end "only" progressive folk is offered here, maybe with a dash of psy ("Sector Five Nine"), but in the end everything probably became one way or another played once. The fact that this impression arises is not least due to the always the same (and at some point annoying) instrumentation. The nice vibraphone intro on "William Taplin" doesn't change anything about that. No, not even the engraved double bass. Well, maybe marginally.
Members
Eden Abba (double-bass), Brian Cresswell (saxophone, flute), Gordon Giltrap (guitar, vocals), Ian Hoyle (drums), Don Partridge (guitar, vocals, vibraphone), Malcolm Poole (double-bass)
Track Listing
01 - Transworld Blues
02 - The Spider to the Spy
03 - Baby, Take Your Rags Off
04 - Cross Continental Pandemonium Theatre Company
ACCOLADE were a short-lived band (1969-1971) that focused on combining light jazz/fusion arrangements with idyllic English folk lyrics and sensibilities, with a musical emphasis adorned with acoustic instrumentation. They released only two albums and a single in their short life, but they managed to spend most of their active musical life touring. The original band consisted of Brian Cresswell, singer/guitarist Gordon Giltrap, drummer Ian Hoyle and guitarist Don Partridge.
The band's debut album featured a cover of Nature Boy, a still and complex folktale-like song first recorded by Nat King Cole, with arrangement by American bassist Eden Ahbez (also known as George Aberle and Eden Abba). This piece has been covered more than seventy times, including by MILES DAVIS, HARRY CONNICK JR, CELINE DION, JAMES BROWN, JOSE FELICIANO, GATHERING's Annie Haslam, and most recently, Greek psychedelic group WILL-O-The WISP.
Poole left the band due to a problem with Partridge during their tour of Sweden in late 1970. Just before entering the Graphic Design business, he takes a short tour with the Colosseum. Guitarist Wizz Jones is included in the band's second album, released only in the UK, but even that doesn't prevent the band from breaking up.
Accolade is one of the quality bands that failed to become popular despite the talented musicians in the group.
Members
Eden Abba (double-bass), Brian Cresswell (saxophone, flute), Gordon Giltrap (guitar, vocals), Ian Hoyle (drums), Don Partridge (guitar, vocals, vibraphone), Malcolm Poole (double-bass)
