Pagode is a Brazilian style of music which originated in the Rio de Janeiro region as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with lots of food, music and dance.
Zeca Pagodinho (b. February 4, 1959, birth name Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho) is a Brazilian singer/songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode.
In these promotional notes (lengthy) for the German-Brazilian cross-pollinated musical collaboration "Pata Bahia," there's quite a bit of information (even between the lines) about the growth and worldwide dissemination of afrocentric musics rooted in Salvador, Bahia.
Wild! Brazilian Gal Costa performs a rather progressive interpretation of Taureg music. It's strange; I hear the traditional intstrumentation and rhythm, but there's a "snake charmer's oboe" that doesn't seem quite right. And mixing in some free-jazz-like melody/harmony; it's very odd...and oddly likeable!
BRIO is devoted to the performance of medieval, Renaissance, and Sephardic music. The group performs with period instruments and features the singing of the young Brazilian countertenor, José Lemos.