Os Tincoãs ‎– O Africanto Dos Tincoãs

A visionary cornerstone of Brazilian music gets a long-overdue reissue here with O Africanto dos Tincoas, originally released in 1975, the third album by Os Tincoas. And it marked a quiet revolution in that it fused Afro-religious chant, luminous vocal harmonies and percussion rooted in Candomble traditions, all while being recorded under the shadow of political repression. The music remains gentle and resolute, however, and has themes of exile, suffering, faith and hope. The group's interwoven voices are ceremonial but intimate and embody Afro-Brazilian cultures at their most profound. A work of real cultural resistance and devotion.