The Third Case of the Pirate's Radio of the Caribbean

Back to a theme today that makes me smile ;) and lets me noodle around between Brazil and Latin America with fun dance rhythms.

This will be a mostly Brazil set today. As is often true, I start my Pirate sets with a little straight beat... in this case, some Capoeira from Brazil. We work our way through some charming old-timey crooners and a little raw samba before we fully dive into a bit of tasty forro, the accordion-driven dance beat of Brazil's Northeastern territories.

Forro is nice and close to Cumbias and other accordion music from Colombia... like twin sisters driven to opposite ends of the mighty Amazon forest. So why not jump into some vallenato-style beats from Colombia? ...then back to forro to round out the first hour.

We move into more dancefloor-oriented forro as we start the second hour, with a special focus on Luiz Wanderley and Jackson Do Pandeiro material from the late 60s. 

From there we will mellow down briefly with a bit of lounge-y 70s Brazil funk, then punch it up once more with a healthy dose of Black Rio Soul to take us out.