Caetano Veloso performed at Boston's Orpheum Theatre last Friday, and the Boston Globe reports on what was a full-on rock show by "the gifted and eclectic Brazilian superstar." With the focus of the concert on Caetano's latest album, the rock-influenced Cê, "the setting was stripped-down and austere by the artist's standards, but the ideas were not."
Caetano Veloso performed at Boston's Orpheum Theatre last Friday, and in today's Boston Globe, staff writer Joan Anderman reports on what was a full-on rock show by "the gifted and eclectic Brazilian superstar." With the focus of the concert on Caetano's latest album, the rock-influenced Cê, "the setting was stripped-down and austere by the artist's standards, but the ideas were not." Writes Anderman in her song-by-song review:
Art-punk was the show's main touchstone, and the spirits of a couple of rock's deepest, freest thinkers—David Byrne and Lou Reed—hovered throughout. "Musa Hibrida" took flight on the wings of Pedro Sá's spacey wah-wah guitar, which turned sweet for the modernist bossa nova "Um Sonho." While "Não Me Arrependo" and "Deusa Urbana" were built of bold melodies and galvanizing rhythms, "Outro" and "Odeio" traded in lighter, snappier textures, which grew ragged for "Rocks," whose roots can be traced to that proverbial bastion of youthful exuberance, the garage.
You can listen to clips from these songs off Cê by clicking here.
To read the full concert review, visit boston.com.
