Gilberto Gil

I'm listening to Gilberto Gil - Electracustico right now. He is amazing, I put him on the same plane as Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix. He has that energy which is so rare these days. He was friends with and toured with Bob Marley in the 70's and lived in England during the late 60's when he was exiled from Brazil.

I got to see him live in Rio one night and I felt as if I went back to the late sixities. In some songs people were sitting cross legged on the dance floor just fixated on the music he was making. My favourite albums of his are Unplugged, Electracustico, Live in Montreux and Kaya N'Gan Daya. The latter is mostly Bob Marley songs that he recorded in Jamiaca with Rita Marley and some of the other artists from Bob band. Few people can get away with covering Bob Marley but these are as good as the original but with a Gilberto Gil flavour.