The Japanese vocal-guitar duo Meu Coração releases the stunning A Tempo as a return to an earlier form. While the duo is well known for playing acoustic Brazilian music at sold-out concert halls and their Hall Tone albums, this sixth album presents dramatic variations with an exciting full-band sound.
The album starts with a vibrant “One Note Samba” and also features a catchy “Lawns”, the peppy Brazilian tunes “Corrida De Jangada” and “Batacuda Surgiu”, and a sentimental, lush “Amazon River”. The album closes like a sweet lullaby with a dreamy “Love Me Tender”.
The music grooves with creative arrangements and interesting effects, rooted by the vocal-guitar duo at the core who continue to make music from the heart.
A Tempo by Meu Coracao
- Emiko Voice - vocals
- Taro Sukegawa - acoustic & electric guitar, cavaquinho
- Ken’ichiro Shinzawa - keyboards
- Cokky - electric bass
- Kiyotaka Kuroda - drums
- Yasuhiro Yoshigaki - percussion (#4, 7)
Released in 2016 on Eclectic Records as ECLC-101.
Japanese names: エミコヴォイス Emiko Voice 助川太郎 Sukegawa Taro 新澤健一郎 Shinzawa Ken’ichiro コッキー Cokky 黒田清高 Kuroda Kiyotaka 芳垣安洋 Yoshigaki Yasuhiro
Audio and Video
- Excerpt from track #1: “Samba de uma nota so[’]”