Tag Archives: Samba

Neguinho da Beija-Flor is a puxador (the state singer inside a samba college) since 1970, and since 1975, the puxador from the samba college Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, which includes grown in popularity since that time. Having documented 17 albums from 1980 to 2001, he has already established many strikes. His …

Nelson Cavaquinho was arguably the very best samba composer ever, behind Cartola. He remaining 600 compositions which have been documented by a number of the very best interpreters of Brazilian music, including Ciro Monteiro, Elis Regina, Elizeth Cardoso, Chico Buarque, Guinga, Paulinho da Viola, João Bosco, Rafael Rabello, Zizi Possi, …

Nilton Delfino Marçal, the Mestre Marçal, introducer from the kettledrum in samba universities (in the Império Serrano), commanded for 22 years the bateria (drum section) from the Portela samba college and in addition participated in lots of recordings by best MPB and samba performers. His first documenting like a program …

Terra Samba offers sold more than three million copies of its 1st five albums, having performed successfully in Portugal (the group gathered 160,000 people at the town of Porto), Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay, and in addition has toured 3 x with the U.S. and European countries. Having were only available …

Perhaps one of the most important sets of the mangue defeat movement from the ’90s, the Nação Zumbi was Chico Science’s helping music group, having recorded with him Da Lama ao Caos (1994) and Afrociberdelia (1996). Carrying on the task after Science’s demise in 1997, with Jorge Dupeixe dealing with …

Nara Leão, the Musa da Bossa Nova (Bossa Nova’s Muse, as she actually is affectionately known), was a prominent number in bossa nova. She didn’t restrict herself like a bossa nova vocalist, though, and was among the 1st artists to activate within the motion later referred to as “canção de …

A most well-known artist of the Golden Age of Brazilian radio, Aracy de Almeida is renowned on her behalf interpretations of sambas, carnival music, and, specifically, of Noel Rosa’s function. Appointed once by the essential composer because the greatest interpreter of his compositions, she stocks this honor within the appreciation …

Celso Adolfo is really a composer who’s praised by critics and gaining increasing exposure. He continues to be documented by Milton Nascimento (who included Adolfo’s “Coração Brasileiro” in his Ânima and participated in Adolfo’s recording Brasil, Nome de Vegetal, interpreting the homonymous track and also created Adolfo’s debut recording Coração …

The little girl of singers Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris (Adelaide Tostes Caymmi), Nana Caymmi is even so a recognised singer on her behalf own, as corroborated by her extensive discography and two gold records. Also a composer, she’s been documented by giants such as for example Milton Nascimento. Nana …

Rosinha de Valença was at her top through the ’60s when she was executing on the Bottle’s nightclub in Rio (among the things of bossa nova). For the reason that 10 years, she was celebrated by essential performers like Baden Powell, Maria Bethânia, Aloysio de Oliveira (who asked her to …