Choroloco / Choro Louco
Album: Choro Louco   Collection:World
Artist:Choroloco   Added:Feb 2016
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2016-02-14 Pull Date: 2016-04-17 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Apr 17 Apr 10 Apr 3 Mar 13 Feb 28 Feb 21
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 03, 2019: Global Ginga
Um Chorinho Pra Voce
4. Jun 02, 2016: Melange
Um Chorinho Pra Voce
2. Dec 29, 2016: Melange
Um Chorinho Pra Voce
5. Apr 14, 2016: Galactic Travel Playlists
Pedacinhos Do Ceu
3. Jul 28, 2016: Melange
Amphibious
6. Apr 09, 2016: Music Casserole
Amphibious

Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2016-02-10
Delightful Seattle-based acoustic quartet playing a style of Brazilian music called Choro--originally from Rio in early 20th century; I chanced to hear them in a Seattle park a couple of years ago where enthralled listeners were dancing on the grass in front of them; upbeat with echoes of samba, bossa nova, ragtime & klezmer; Favorite Tracks: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8

No FCC's; all instrumental

1—2:53 – “Looney Tune” – alto and soprano flutes lilt the tune alternately faster and slower with guitar

*2—3:30 –lovely, danceable, lively, lush clarinet tune – pandeiro solo in the middle

3—3:09—another lively clarinet tune underpinned with guitar & cavaquinho (ukulele precursor)

4—3:04-- pretty waltz with clarinet tune and guitar underneath; switches to faster 4/4/ in middle part

*5—3:13 – fast happy flute with strings (cavaquinho, bass) underneath

*6—4:01 – “Amphibious” Bossa Nova-sounding, sinuous clarinet and flute with strings underneath; nice mandolin ending

**7—3:49 – very light and dreamily executed vintage South American sound, slower; steel strung cavaquinho takes part of melody; lovely tremolo

**8 –3:55 –starts with flamenco sound with guitar and flute, clarinet and violin, pandeiro; fast

9-- “Spacemen” --happy, fast clarinet with cavaquinho

Track Listing
1. Looney Tune   5. Brincadeira No Celeiro
2. Um Chorinho Pra Voce   6. Amphibious
3. Negrinha   7. Pedacinhos Do Ceu
4. Minha Valsa   8. Santa Morena
  9. Spacemen