Rather than detract from the Elisa Meyer interview just published, thought we'd share a few video clips of the remarkable Joćo Macambira separate from that article. We learned of his name when Elisa mentioned him in her interview as one of the most remarkable musicians she'd ever heard, yet a man with virtually no formal music education. That sent us in a hurry to Google to find him, and find him we did on a few very amateurish videos others apparently cherish enough to share them.
This is what gets us up in the morning, what gets us excited: finding a new musician somewhere on the planet, unknown to the masses, someone with something special to share. We've always said most of the best music in the world is played for locals and never widely heard. This cat is a gem. Not only do we want to hear more of his music, we want to be in this party in these videos. We're buying the pinga. Hell yes! Totally comfortable in his skin, playing for nothing other than the pure enjoyment, no big ego, no bravado. How refreshing. The world needs a lot more of this.
Seems from a cursory glance he's adopted the heavy downstroke technique common to gypsy jazz and Monroe style mandolin!
Bravo, Joćo.
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