15 Songs I'm Digging Right Now: #11

Art Garfunkel does bossa nova! And it’s giving Mac DeMarco!

This Friday’s newsletter is jam-packed to the brim with song analyses, audio clips and me blabbing away. So let’s get right into it!

1. "Waters of March" - Art Garfunkel (1975)
   Bossa Nova | Acoustic Folk | Folk Jazz
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   Are you ready for some delicious chords?¹ Art Garfunkel covers the famous bossa nova tune “Águas de Março” from composer Antônio Carlos Jobim. I’d, of course, heard Art Garfunkel’s voice before, but it wasn’t until it was paired with the relaxed bossa nova vibe that I noticed how similar it felt to Mac DeMarco’s music — that sort of lazy vocal delivery Mac gives, some unassuming drums mixed with an interesting guitar sound.
   

   The version of “Águas De Março" I listen to the most is the one from the 1976 live album Getz/Gilberto ‘76 by saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist and vocalist João Gilberto. (It also happens to be one of my most-played albums ever. So let that be an endorsement.)

   
   Here’s a little clip from the Getz/Gilberto “Águas de Março” that, for me, encapsulates what I really love about this song. It’s complex, and you can hear Gilberto demonstrate that as he plays with chromatics as he sings. (Chromatics, in this case, meaning half-steps, or notes that sound very close to one another.)

   “Águas De Março" - Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1976)
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