Musicina Blender

Brazilian Wonderwall - Ryan Adams vs. Baden Powell

Canto de Wonderwall (Musicina Blender Mashup)

I discovered the Oasis tune Wonderwall basically by osmosis many years ago, when it used to seep loudly out of my teenager’s closed-door bedroom stereo. A few years back while drifting around online, I heard a terrific acoustic version by Ryan Adams, from a 2003 EP called Love is Hell.

Recently while listening to Adams, the tune weirdly reminded me of a classic 1966 recording from Brazilian guitarist and composer Baden Powell, a tune called Canto de Iemanja, from the album Os Afro Samba. Dont know why—maybe it was the acoustic guitars, or the slow languid romantically melancholic mood. After playing them back to back, I knew this was a mashup that could work. Put two beautifuls together and sometimes it creates a third beautiful. Whataya think?