Copa 7

The whatmusic.com interview...

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Here's the scene: It's the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the 1970s: The very streets which had previously played host to the traditional 'blocos de carnaval' for the massive February outdoor party that is Carnival, and the passionate guitar-led laments of the most beatiful choros, are now beginning to swing under a very different suingue: the imported sound of American soul and funk