The Uxu Kalhus are a band that revisits the Portuguese repertoire. Come and meet them.
The "xucalhadas", (they created a new lexicon: meaning rattler) we hear on this album bring a new approach to the more traditional music from the Portuguese songbook. It's a world of mixing sounds, which raises our Iberian origins dotted with original compositions and some more moderns. Altogether there are nine new themes, the CD has eleven songs that this band that defines itself as a traditional folk with rock pot. Fancy is the gateway of this work, a traditional music of Alentejo, often associated with a more male vocal universe transformed by the voice of Joan Margaça. "The skirt of Carolina" is another pearl of this discographic work with unusual arrangements, and even daring, the same approach can be heard in the song "Lemon Balm", which was also revisited by the group. I found it curious the introduction of the electric guitar in many of the songs as opposition to the flute and other more traditional instruments. The fusion of that merges of these different sounds are excellent to some extent, but not all songs benefit in terms of sound with so many changes. However, overall it's an album for people who want to hear their musical backgrounds with a more modern and explosive twist. Listen without prejudice and let yourself go into this "xucalhado" universe that sounds familiar and new at the same time.
