Adriana Calcanhotto - Errante (2023)

For 30 years now, Adriana Calcanhotto has been at the forefront of a new generation of female Brazilian singer-songwriters who are equally accomplished as composers, instrumentalists, and poets. Two years ago, the Corona lockdown in Brazil forced Adriana to record her latest album “Só” (“Alone”) under unusual circumstances. That is to say, in a virtual collaboration with other musicians who - just like herself - had been confined in domestic quarantine. The album, of course, underlined the loneliness experienced during this time. Now, the two-time Latin Grammy winner (in 2006 and 2010) returns with a much more outgoing effort aptly titled “Errante” (“Errant”). On her new studio album, her 13th so far, Adriana Calcanhotto is wandering between an array of different styles (everything from bossa nova, samba-canção, xote, maxixe, samba-de-roda to rock, pop, and funk carioca) and topics (love and the end of it, flirting, loss, mourning, self-reflection). At times, she quotes lines from Oswald de Andrade’s famous “Manifesto Antropófago” (in “Prova dos Nove”), Portuguese poet Luís de Camões (in “Era isso?”), fellow-musician Gilberto Gil (in “Nômade”), or draws inspiration from an art installation by Lygia Clark (in “Nômade”). On “Errante”, Adriana offers eleven new originals that draw a self-portrait of the artist.

Tracklist

1 01. Adriana Calcanhotto - Prova dos Nove (02:29)
1 02. Adriana Calcanhotto - Larga Tudo (02:50)
1 03. Adriana Calcanhotto - Quem te Disse? (03:15)
1 04. Adriana Calcanhotto - Levou Para o Samba a Minha Fantasia (03:20)
1 05. Adriana Calcanhotto - Era Isso o Amor? (04:08)
1 06. Adriana Calcanhotto - Lovely (02:45)
1 07. Adriana Calcanhotto - Jamais Admitirei (03:15)
1 08. Adriana Calcanhotto - Reticências (03:34)
1 09. Adriana Calcanhotto - Pra lhe Dizer (04:50)
1 10. Adriana Calcanhotto - Horário de Verão (03:08)
1 11. Adriana Calcanhotto - Nômade (04:50)