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Music: Rock/Pop Gilberto Gil and Devendra Banhart w/ The Album Leaf

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In a 2006 interview, Devendra Banhart suggested re-dubbing the awkwardly named freak-folk genre "naturalismo" — a combination of naturalism and what he cites as his musical roots in the Tropicalismo movement. So it should come as no surprise that, two years later, Banhart takes the stage with one of the leaders of the original movement: legendary musician, political activist, and current Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil. Banhart's guitar melodies, stripped-down arrangements, and emotive warble carry strong echoes of Gil's style, making the pair a less unlikely match than one might imagine. The Album Leaf, the post-rock project of San Diego's Jimmy LaValle, open.

– Joe Blankholm

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