“Selected from the catalogue of the São Paulo independent label CPC UMES, this anthology features the best of contemporary Brazilian North-East music, from Coma dre Florzinha to Cesar do Acordeon, from Gereba to Mafuá. An overall view of a living music that still retains echoes of its historical roots. Whether through Saturday night forros or nostalgic ballads it continues to provide a link between North-Easterners who have never left their birthplace and those who have migrated to Southern Brazil.” Teca Calazans & Patrick Fremeaux