This is a listing of miscellaneous albums and artists under the letter "U"
If an artist or album you like is not reviewed here, please feel free
to contact me and make a suggestion.
Uniao Black "Uniao Black" (RCA, 1977)
One of the handful of Brazilian soul bands that really deliver the goods. Plenty of great, bouncy, heavy bass lines, straight out of KC & The Sunshine Band, or the O'Jays, but with a seriously funky undercurrent. Unlike many of their disco-ed out contemporaries, these guys really "got" it... The album does lapse into funky-jam tedium after a powerful start, but the level of playing is still far above most of the Black Rio bands, sexier and less jarring or hyperactive than, say, Banda Black Rio. Recommended!
Uniao Black "Banda Uniao Black" (Commonfolk, 2005)
Brazilian Music - Letter "V"
Main Brazil Index
World Music Index
