INTRODUCING:
O F O G O B R I L H A
( T H E F I R E S H I N E S )
SAMBA FOGO’S DEBUT ALBUM
13 Tracks.
12 Original Songs.
30 Artists Featured.
It may feel like the world has ended, as live shows have all but disappeared. Clubs are shuttered. Broadway is dark. Many performing arts companies are shutting down. But at Samba Fogo, our flame still burns bright - we are still here, tending our creative fire, shining bright through the darkness.
Hear studio-quality recordings of the music you have seen Samba Fogo perform live in concert, now in the comfort of your own home.
“É O Samba, É O Fogo.
O Samba Fogo Arrebate O Coração”
“It is Samba. It is Fire. Samba Fogo Captures the Heart”
Buy The Album.
Download the full album today. Physical CD purchase includes an immediate download. Physical CDs will be shipped in late January.
Make a Donation of $50 or more and receive the album download as a gift!
Attend our Listening Party
December 26, 1pm MST on Zoom - Everyone is Invited!
We are hosting a listening party, to welcome this new musical creation into the world! Let’s gather online, to celebrate and connect. We will listen to the full album, talk with the artists and composers, and dance around our living rooms, together, apart. We hope you can join us!
Meeting ID: 857 0477 7354
Passcode: 278099
The album features studio recordings of songs previously performed live in Samba Fogo concerts
This music is produced in solidarity with Black Lives, with vision and hope for a better future. We believe in black wisdom, and we admire and respect black music. We must listen to, acknowledge, learn from, and cherish the Black and Indigenous roots of the music we play, and the People of Color who create it.
We are in deep gratitude to all the Mães, Pais, Mestres, Alabês, Bambas, and brave warriors who feed and keep the samba spirit alive amidst continued oppression and marginalization of black communities and black art forms in Brazil.
Covid-19 opened up a door for us… the cancelling of every performance opportunity in 2020 made space for us to create our first full-length, professionally mixed and mastered album!
Recorded in 65 days at Boho Digitalia Studios in Salt Lake City, Utah, “O Fogo Brilha” (“The Fire Shines”) is Samba Fogo’s socially distanced response to the challenge of art-making during a global pandemic.
We cannot play music together right now, but we can enjoy this album together, as we all
stay home and stay safe this Winter.
Featuring Over 30 Artists:
Composers
Mason Aeschbacher
George Edgar Brown
Lorin Hansen
Roberto Mendes
Vocalists
Solange Gomes
George Edgar Brown
Dell Ragone
Emily Nelson
Julia Rivera
Jade Avery Burrell
Missy Stone
Lorena Ponce De Leon
Musicians
George Edgar Brown - Guitar, Cavaquinho, Guitarra Baiana, Pandeiro
Francisco Marques - Guitar, Cavaquinho
Nicole Pinnell - Cello
Adam Overacker - Bass
Danae Snow - Viola
Jordan Hess - Violin
Patrick Buie - Trombone
John Olshinski - Trumpet
Marco Blackmore - Saxophone
Drummers / Percussionists
Mason Aeschbacher - Drumset, Caixa, Repique, Tantan, Shekere, Surdo, Timbal, Iya, Okonkolo, Rum, Rumpi, Lê, Chocalho, Shakers, Agogo, Congas
Lorin Hansen - Tamborim, Itotile, Rum, Rumpi, Lê, Chocalho, Pandeiro, Surdo
Bruce Kirby - Caixa
Scott Stone - Timbal
Wayne Burdick - Cuíca
Special Guests in Rio De Janeiro
“Enredo do Samba Fogo Rio Edition”
Produced by Mestre Ailton Nunes
Kayo Calado - Cavaquinho, Bandolim, Violão
Zé Paulo Sierra - Vocals
Danielle Coimbra - Vocals
Diogão Pereira - Vocals
Mestre Ailton Nunes - Drums
Vitor da Candelaria - Drums
Nilson Silva - Sound Engineer
César Fadel - Technician
Consultants / guides / mentors/ mestres:
Ailton Nunes
Jorge Alabê
Mark Lamson
Eduardo Dudu Fuentes
Marcio Peeter
Rosangela Silvestre
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Boho Digitalia Studios in Salt Lake City, UT by Bruce Kirby, October - December, 2020. Produced and directed by Mason Aeschbacher, Lorin Hansen and Samba Fogo. Copyright 2020 Shangó Music and Dance, DBA Samba Fogo / Mason Aeschbacher / George Edgar Brown.