Look what I found!

Live on stage

Mineira

Looks like a lot of you liked this song last week. Here it is! I'll continue working on an arrangement!



Lara, abre o pano do passado,
Tira a presa do cerrado, tem rei congo no congah
Anda, canta o samba verdadeiro
Faz o que mandou mineiro, oh mineira…

Samba que samba no bole que bole
Eh morena do balaio mole, se embala no som dos tantans
Quebra no balacoche do cavaco e rebola no balacobaco
Se embola nos balagandans
Mexe no meio que eu sambo do lado
Oi vendo aquele bamboleado
Digo eu tambem sou bam bam bam

Ai cai no samba cai, que o samba vai ate de manha

Oi saravah mineira guerreira
Que eh filha de Ogun com Iansa

Brisamba at the Old Museum

More photos here .

Congratulations

Well done everyone, that was quite a performance tonight. I think all our hard work has paid off, this is absolutely what I have been dreaming about for many many years.

You were all gone before I could blink, so I didn't have the opportunity to thank and congratulate you all then and there, so this post will have to do.

I look forward to the photos and will see if we can get a copy of the video too!

Congratulations to Sasha, this was his first gig with us!

Finally, it was great to see an 18-strong bateria tonight. I'd like to do many more songs like this, with interesting arrangements and breaks to keep everyone on their toes each Thursday. I can only do that if you all keep coming to as many rehearsals as possible, so I hope to see you all (almost) every week. That will also motivate me to keep working on new arrangements.

So thank you all once more!