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| | Slipcue E-Zine: Brazilian Forro Music |
 | | In some ways, forro is analagous to mariachi in Mexico, or cumbia music in Columbia: although a few artists (such as Luiz Gonzaga and Jackson do Pandeiro) are well-known, national stars, thousands of others have recorded for small, regional labels and much of forro is relatively informal and localized. |
 | | Minor complaint: the liner notes describing forro are kind of lame. |
 | | The typical accordion-and-triangle sound of forro is stripped apart, laid bare and slathered with skittery jungle, ambient dub and techno riffs, rendering it all but unrrecognizable... |
| www.slipcue.com /music/brazil/aa_styles/forro.html (697 words) |
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