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kottke.org posts about Seu Jorge

Seu Jorge’s Lovely Tribute to David Bowie

For his 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson enlisted Brazilian musical artist Seu Jorge to perform several of David Bowie’s songs in Portuguese. Jorge released an album of the songs about a year or so later.

A few weeks ago, to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie’s death, Jorge released a hour-long set of him performing those songs:

Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of Sรฃo Paulo.