Brazilian artist, actress, researcher, and educator Ana Pê presents Músicas para Brincar, Ventar e Voar!, a cross-generational album created for children and families. Produced by acclaimed musician Luiz Brasil, it moves through rock, blues, pop, and Brazilian influences while exploring emotions, diversity, self-esteem, nature, and body awareness with celebrated Brazilian musicians.

Swift guitar twangs and frolicking woodwind expressions commence the album on “Bloco das Crianças,” where featured vocalists trade amiably melodic deliveries. A celebratory feeling emanates around the midpoint, where a spoken-word segment moves with debonair guitar tones and blaring, playful effects. Arriving next, “Mãe Natureza” also infuses breezy guitar tones within orchestral flourishes, dynamic in both lusher harmonic introspections and a soaring, concluding refrain.

A fantastic album standout, “Meu Corpo, Meu Templo Sagrado” succeeds as a Brazilian children’s rock song, which per the band celebrates “the body as the home of our existence.” A lyrical beckoning for children to respect their boundaries, value their feelings, and recognize the right to always say no pairs with a punchy rock appeal, offering guidance for children, educators, and parents alike. Midpoint guitar work stirs with an especially psych-rock allure before transitioning into tasteful brass work. The rest of the album consumes as well, from the twangy folk of “Desenho Cego” to energetic finale “Gira da Alegria.” Músicas para Brincar, Ventar e Voar! is a dynamic, personality-filled success of an album from Ana Pê.

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