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A leader from the Tropicalia motion in Brazil in 1967 and 1968, alongside artists like Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil along with other music artists mixed native designs with rock and roll and folk instruments. Because Gil fused samba, salsa, and bossa nova with rock and roll and …
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While many from the performers through the heyday of Tropicalia as well as the rise of MPB (música popular brasileira) chosen a far more radical stance within their challenge to Brazil’s political and cultural authorities, artists like Jorge Ben took a far more understated approach. Instead of use excessively theatrical …
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