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A Brazilian guitar virtuoso, Celso Machado plays a globe-traversing selection of instruments on Capivara. The Arabic nay, Italian tamburello, Moroccan guembri and African kora, as in Griot De Coração, are just a few elements in his eclectic sound mosaic. Perhaps most enjoyable is a smooth early-60s-Parisian-cool-sounding vocal number, Espelho, which harks back to his years in France, where his compositions are taught in conservatories it stands apart from the more standard Brazilian percussive rhythms on most of the disc. Machado can make music from anything put into his hands. The haunting soundscape Caminhando Na Beira-Mar uses driftwood, seashells and rattling seal bones found near his adopted home of Gibson, BC.
