Leading lights in the art of body percussion – a folk tradition that
incorporates everything from hand-clapping to tap dancing – Barbatuques infuse
their rhythmic stew with a pinch of humor and gallons of expression. Conceived
by São Paulo musician Fernando Barba in 1995, the sprawling collective released
its first album, Corpo do Som, in 2002, with follow-up O Seguinte é Esse
arriving in 2005. In 2014, they contributed to the soundtrack for animated film
Rio 2 with the songs "Beautiful Creatures" and "Don't go away". 2015 marked the
release of Ayú and in 2018 they turned their a...