Minas Gerais's Progressive Rock

Belo Horizonte is the capital of the genuine rock in Brazil.

Do you now??

Since the 70's Minas Gerais is the one of the best places to play rock in Brazil!

Names like 14 Bis,Hocus Pocus,Marco Antônio Araújo and Uakti had made a lot of success in this decade.

But,in a style,Belo Horizonte is the best...Progressive Rock!!!

The Progressive Rock is a genre of rock that mixes some styles,like Blues,Country,Folk,Classical,Jazz and world music.

One of the first ones is the group Saecula Saeculorum,formed for the violinist Marcus Viana.

Following this line we have the band Sagrado Coração da Terra that made a singular song with violins,flutes and nature songs,formed by the same Marcus Viana.

But,the focus of our article are the actual bands...

Actually the band Cartoon(formed in 1995) mixes rock,indian music,blues,country,folk, jazz and makes a great song.The band is "known" by tell histories,like the history of the "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" in this second album,Bigorna.



The group Somba says that is the first jam band of Brazil. Jam Band are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture that originated with the 1960's.They says that they are unexpected,mixing Clube da Esquina,Rock and Progressive Rock..




And finally,we have the exceptional band Cálix formed in 1996 that mixes folk,blues,classic,MPB,rock played with guitar,eletric guitar,transversal flute and mandolin,orchestra and great musicians..





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