Smiling in the Funk: Garotas Suecas and "Eu Vou Sorrir pra Quem É Gente Boa"

Our random tune for today is by Garotas Suecas, a band from São Paulo, Brazil and whose name means Swedish Girls in Portuguese. The band incorporates many styles of sound, including funk, rock and soul. They have released two studio albums and four EPs, and are known for the high production quality of their music videos, which have won awards in Brazil. They also did a multi-country tour of Europe and the US in 2012. You can find this song, Eu Vou Sorrir pra Quem É Gente Boa (the title translates to something on the order of I Smile for Good People), a slow funk song with Beatlesque undertones, on their 2014 album Feras Míticas.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.