Música Pífano

I had coffee on Sunday with Gui, who was my TA for Portuguese 40. He gave me a CD of music from Caruaru. I put it on while I was playing a game of pool. It's great. The songs are based on a series of percussive, breathy melodies played on a flute called a pífano. The genre takes its name from the flute (it's simply called música pífano), and according to Gui, it's all around Caruaru, which should be really neat.

Of course, I can't put the CD online, but I found the website of the artist, Carlos Malta, and there are clips on his page. Malta is from elsewhere, but the band is actually from Caruaru, which makes me happy. You can find the CD on Malta's site by clicking on "Discos" at the top of the screen. The album covers are shown at the bottom, and the one in question — "Carlos Malta e Pife Muderno" — is third from the left. The cover is yellow and red striped. I know that's a kind of roundabout way to get to the track list, but it's a Flash site, so I can't actually link to the page directly. I can, however, link to individual clips. Some of my favorites are Tupyzinho, Lá no Suzano, and O Canto da Ema.