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A significant pop star in Brazil in the ’70s and ’80s, Gonzaguinha was the son from the well-known Luiz Gonzaga, who did a lot more than one to popularize the accordion-minded design referred to as forro. Gonzaga performed as crucial a job in the introduction of forro as Joao Gilberto …

Guinga began his music studies like a self-taught violonista in 13. Later, he’d deepen his apprenticeship of traditional violão. At 16, he started to create his personal compositions and in 1967, he offered one of these at II FIC (Rede Globo, Rio). In 1973, MPB-4 documented two of his tunes …

Caito Marcondes originates from a long type of great Brazilian percussionists. Similarly versed in Brazilian folk and traditional music, Marcondes provides used Milton Nascimento, Hermeto Pascoal, Toninho Horta, and Marlui Miranda and provides composed ballet ratings and tv and film soundtracks. Marcondes became a member of using the California-based Turtle …

The award-winning singer Márcia has performed with brands like Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes, Eduardo Gudin, and Paulo César Pinheiro, having launched Johnny Alf’s “Eu e a Brisa.” She was the crooner of Erlon Chaves’ orchestra. In 1958, she was employed by Television Tupi and, 2 yrs later, shifted to …

Influential composer/guitarist using a established personal design of harmonization, Toninho Horta has already established comprehensive participation in various other artists’s tasks, and in addition has documented more than 10 single albums (having particular guests like Pat Metheny, Naná Vasconcelos, and Eliane Elias), most of them released internationally. A few of …

Alaíde Costa can be an essential interpreter who had great success in the ’60s. Her obstinate adherence to her sensitive style, especially suitable for the delicate Brazilian genre modinha, produced her be placed aside with the ethnic sector and she continued to be forgotten with the public until her reappearance …

Alceu Valença can be an extremely successful composer and who owns a distinctive design that mixes his northeastern root base and modern grooves; he’s also a lively and mesmerizing live performer. His music have been documented by many major performers, including Luiz Gonzaga (with whom he composed “Plano Piloto”), Maria …

Alcione has won 19 yellow metal information and two platinum information, having toured through the ex – U.S.S.R., Cabo Verde, Puerto Rico, Iran, U.S., Japan, Portugal, Mexico, Switzerland, Argentina, and Chile. Among her strikes, are “Não Deixe o Samba Morrer” (Edson/Aluísio), “Gostoso Veneno” (Wilson Moreira/Nei Lopes), “Sufoco” (Chico da Silva/Venâncio), …

Tom Zé began his profession as well as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Maria Bethânia. Like a composer, he affected Caetano and many more and shipped an expressive body of sort out his personal discography. A restless thinker, he was adept at contemporary erudite music experimentations, however he …

Cassiano was a precursor of spirit music in Brazil, influencing early proponents from the design want Tim Maia. Among his strikes as writer/interpreter are “A Lua E European union” (with Paulo Zdanowski, 1976), that was included in a favorite cleaning soap opera, and “Coleção” (also created with Paulo Zdanowski), was …