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Though hardly ever heard outside their Brazilian homeland (specifically through the first phase of the career), Os Mutantes were probably one of the most active, talented, radical bands from the psychedelic era — quite an accomplishment throughout a period where most rock and roll bands spent quality time exploring the …

After graduating having a degree in okay arts, Ná Ozzetti began to sing in 1978 within the Rumo group, saving six albums and departing the band in 1992. In 1988, she released her first single recording, Ná Ozzetti, champion of the Clear prize within the Revelation Woman Vocalist category. Ná …

Though small known outdoors his indigenous land, Almir Chediak was among the pivotal figures in modern Brazilian well-known music, both like a teacher of several internationally renowned musicians, so when a tireless champion for the reason for preserving and documenting songs and lyrics. Given birth to to Lebanese parents in …

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 …

Sertaneja duo Rick & Renner were shaped in the past due ’80s within the shadows from the Government Region in Brasilia. Rick (blessed Geraldo Antônio de Carvalho in Monte perform Carmo, May 12, 1966) and Renner (blessed Ivair dos Reis Gonçalves in Brasilia, November 19, 1971) proved helpful their method …

As well as Sarajane, Luiz Caldas was the precursor towards the axé music sensation, which, using its large nationwide success, shattered the dominance from the phonographic creation concentrated within the metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Caldas’ record, Magia (WR, 1985), marketed 380,000 copies and brought many …

The award-winning composer/arranger Rogério Duprat is primarily known for his fundamental influence on the Tropicalia movement. But, he is a successful author of over 40 film soundtracks, having also organized music for many artists. You start with cello lessons from Calisto Corazza, in 1953 he became a member of the …

Gal Costa can be an awarded singer with a thorough single discography and worldwide experience. A simple presence within the Tropicalia motion, she has experienced Brazil’s leading group of singers for many years. Since very youthful, she’s been associated with music like a vocalist and violão participant; when her mother’s …

Polemical and restless, the poet and writer Torquato Neto was a significant asset for the idealization from the Tropicalia motion, which dramatically transformed the facial skin of well-known music in Brazil. A renowned poet, he composed the lyrics for some of the very most essential songs of this period, as …

Banda Arkangel comes from the Nayarit portion of Mexico, and was formed by bassist/vocalist José de Jesús Navarro, guitarist Héctor Espinosa, drummer Antonio Aranda, vocalist Juan Carlos Delgadilio, key pad participant José Valentín and trumpeters Hilario Ortega, Antonio Palomera and José Luis López. The group well-known for such Latin strikes …