AXE

Axé and Bahian Music

Since 1949Where Salvador, BahiaSubgenres 6Artists 58

Salvador invented the trio elétrico in 1950 and, in 1985, Luiz Caldas's 'Fricote' christened axé: Bahian frevo, ijexá, reggae and pop. Olodum created samba-reggae; Daniela Mercury and Ivete Sangalo took it nationwide. Salvador's carnival is the genre's biggest stage.

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If you like carnival music, afrobeat or danceable Latin pop, axé and samba-reggae are a guaranteed party.

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Subgenres

Trio elétrico

Since 1950 · 2 artists

Dodô & Osmar put electric guitars on top of a 1929 Ford; modern Salvador carnival was born.

Dodô & Osmar Chiclete com Banana

Afoxé and ijexá

Since 1949 · 3 artists

Afoxé processions to the ijexá, a candomblé rhythm; Filhos de Gandhy have paraded at Salvador carnival since 1949.

Gilberto Gil Filhos de Gandhy Gerônimo

Axé music

Since 1985 · 29 artists

Luiz Caldas, Chiclete com Banana, Daniela Mercury, Ivete Sangalo, Claudia Leitte.

Moraes Moreira Chiclete com Banana Luiz Caldas Daniela Mercury Ivete Sangalo Carlinhos Brown Banda Eva Asa de Águia Margareth Menezes Timbalada Claudia Leitte BaianaSystem Bell Marques Banda Mel Araketu Cheiro de Amor Netinho As Meninas+11

Samba-reggae and afro blocos

Since 1986 · 10 artists

Olodum, Ilê Aiyê, Timbalada and Carlinhos Brown: Afro-Bahian percussion of Black affirmation.

Olodum Daniela Mercury Carlinhos Brown Ilê Aiyê Margareth Menezes Timbalada Banda Mel Araketu Lazzo Matumbi Muzenza

Pagode baiano

Since 1992 · 18 artists

Choreographies and spicy lyrics: É o Tchan, Harmonia do Samba, Psirico, Léo Santana.

É o Tchan Harmonia do Samba Psirico Léo Santana Parangolé Rachel Reis Black Style Companhia do Pagode Fantasmão Gera Samba Igor Kannário La Fúria O Kannalha Pagodart Terra Samba Xanddy ÀTTOOXXÁ Àttøøxxá

Arrocha

Since 2000 · 6 artists

Romantic ballads danced 'tight' in rural Bahia: Pablo, Tierry.

Pablo Tierry J. Eskine Silvanno Salles Unha Pintada Vitinho Imperador

Essential albums 12

1985
Magia
Luiz Caldas
The album of "Fricote", axé's starting point.
1987
Egito Madagascar
Olodum
Olodum's debut, with "Faraó (Divindade do Egito)".
1992
O Canto da Cidade
Daniela Mercury
Axé takes the country, with the title track and "Swing da Cor".
1993
Timbalada
Timbalada
Debut of Carlinhos Brown's timbau drummers, with "Beija-Flor".
1994
Música de Rua
Daniela Mercury
Daniela's follow-up to "O Canto da Cidade".
1996
Alfagamabetizado
Carlinhos Brown
Carlinhos Brown's solo debut, with "A Namorada".
1996
Na Cabeça e na Cintura
É o Tchan
Pagode baiano among the best-selling records of the 1990s.
1999
Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Sangalo
Solo debut after Banda Eva.
2004
MTV ao Vivo
Ivete Sangalo
Recorded at the Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador; one of her best-selling albums.
2007
Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete no Maracanã
Ivete Sangalo
The concert at a packed Maracanã.
2016
Duas Cidades
BaianaSystem
Album of the year at the Prêmio Multishow.
2017
Pirata
BaianaSystem
Guitarra baiana, dub and activism from Salvador.

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Artists

Axé and Bahian MusicS

Dodô & Osmar

Duo · 1950 · BA

Invented the trio elétrico and the guitarra baiana at the 1950 carnival.