More Signs that I am Slowing Turning Nordestina

I am rather fond of Gilberto Gil's reggaeised version of "Esperando na Janela" [click on the little speaker next to song 17], one of the most popular forró tunes ever to grace the Northeast, forró being a genre of music that is not at the very top of my list of musical likes. I saw Gil, also Brazil's current Minister of Culture, perform at 3am during the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre almost two years ago. It was Gil, his guitar, and several thousand of us. Utterly amazing and worth my blurry eyes the next day.