O Xaxado New it rescues a traditional formation of the baião to honor great masters of Brazilian popular culture and propose a musical journey through the different cultures that contributed to the formation of northeastern music, such as the gypsies and Arabs.
Formed by musicians who research traditional cultures, the group goes beyond the musical part, involving performances and interventions in their presentations.
Gonzaga already said that before the accordion arrived in the hinterland, forrós were made with the fiddle. The instrument, which has its origins in the Arab 'rebab', spread in the Northeast as early as the XNUMXth century, brought by the Portuguese.
Whether in the research of ancient themes in eight-bass accordion, or in the study of the xaxado itself – a dance that was popularized by the famous band of Lampião, Xaxado Novo fuses a melting pot of ancestry and experimentation, portraying the best in Brazilian culture, in an original and captivating way.