z'Bumba brings Forró (fo-HOh,) the raucous, rebellious roots music of Brazil's northeast, to the American Northwest.
What if Zydeco met Salsa on a hot rainforest night?
As if love child of such a meeting, this irrepressibly danceable music is a fresh, tropical aural fruit salad, a gorgeous mixture of impossibly delicious sounds like juicy mango accordions, peppery percussion, and the passion-fruit Portuguese poetry as sung by scintillating São Paulo songstress Gabriella. It's hard to believe it was once the theme music of the Cangaçeiros, the infamous desert 'pirates' of Brazil's hinterlands.
The broad appeal nicely fits how the word "Forró" allegedly came from the English "For All."
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Languages: English
Portland, OR 
Singing Guitarist
42 Verified Bookings Donna R. said “Joseph did a wonderful job performing at my husband's memorial service. He made himself available on short notice. We reviewed the music that I wanted…”
El Sobrante, CA
Stilt Walker
Andre P. said “I hired Lisa Lynn Preston as a stilt dancer and vocalist on many occasions over the last 8 years for my bands, The Funky Heroes, and Chocolate cake 4…”
San Francisco, CA
Samba Dancer
3 Verified Bookings Brian R. said “We lived for 6 years in Brazil. We now live in the Bay Area, but we decided to bring a little Brazilian flavor to our New Years Eve Party. We hired 3…”
San Francisco, CA
Belly Dancer
19 Verified Bookings Lamsen D. said “She is very talented and at the same time very thoughtful of the needs of the crowd is is catering too.”
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