[Celso Machado]
by Tom D'Antoni on August 21, 2010
It was one of those times when a performer is so spellbinding, surprising, riveting and spectacular that the audience reacts as one living, breathing entity, absorbing the deepest kind of musical pleasure. That was Celso Machado at the SRO Alberta Rose Theatre on Friday night as part of the Portland Folk Festival.
"If there ever was one person who could be described as being music, it is the Brazilian Machado. He played guitar, ngoni, drums, flutes and other assorted little instruments. At one point he walked over to a table filled with small wind instruments on the right side of the stage. He created a rainforest in the theater…complete with bird calls, and a rainstorm with the sound of the rain provided by the audience clicking their fingers and slapping their legs.
"He created animal sounds. He WAS the rainforest and the audience lived in it for a few moments. Most performers would have appeared silly to even attempt this. At the Alberta Rose, you could feel the rain. Machado’s Brazilian tunes were as beautiful as they could possibly be. [Celso Machado is profiled at AfriClassical.com and has a personal website, http://www.CelsoMachado.com]
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