After his tenure as guitarist in the great no wave band DNA and punk-jazzers the Lounge Lizards, Arto Lindsay formed the equally exciting and (pun intended) ambitious Ambitious Lovers, while also being involved with the earliest incarnations of the Golden Palominos. Lindsay, a native of Brazil, began conflating the Brazilian pop music of his... [+] Read More

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A true heavyweight, perhaps one of the greatest figures in international pop music, Caetano Veloso is a pop musician/poet/filmmaker/political activist whose stature in the pantheon of international pop musicians is on a par with that of Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and Lennon/McCartney. And even the most cursory listen to his recorded output over the... [+] Read More

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A driving force behind the rise of the MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) sound, singer/composer Edú Lobo was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1943; at 18 he formed his first trio with Dori Caymmi and the great Marcus Valle, and in 1962 forged a long-term writing partnership with renowned lyricist Vinicius de Moraes. Drawing influence from bossa nova... [+] Read More

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Multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter Gilberto Gil joined his first group, the Desafinados, in the mid-'50s and by the beginning of the 1960s was earning a living as a jingle composer. Although known mostly as a guitarist, he also holds his own with drums, trumpet, and accordion.

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While many of the performers during the heyday of tropicalia and the rise of MPB (musica popular Brasileira) opted for a more radical stance in their challenge to Brazil's political and cultural authorities, artists like Jorge Ben took a more understated approach. Rather than use overly theatrical performance to shock the audience or... [+] Read More

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I´m a singer/songwriter from Brazil. There aren´t rules for my music! I make them all at home, programming all the instruments. I try to sound unusual, making songs that are unpredictable. So, tell me what you think! I like to receive feedback, even criticism if construtive!

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Marcos Valle was the Renaissance man of Brazilian pop, a singer/songwriter/producer who straddled the country's music world from the early days of the bossa-nova craze well into the fusion-soaked sound of '80s MPB. Though his reputation in America never quite compared to contemporaries like Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, or... [+] Read More

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Margareth Menezes is an awarded Brazilian pop star with international recognition, having toured with David Byrne and recorded several albums released worldwide, which have been lauded by such publications as Billboard and Rolling Stone magazines. She has also toured extensively throughout Europe, Brazil, and the U.S.

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Commercially successful (her two first albums, Marisa Monte Ao Vivo and Mais, sold 600,000 copies, and Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-De-Rosa e Carvão sold 750,000), Marisa Monte succeeded also in building an international career as a pop artist incorporating some of the Brazilian musical traditions into her style, yielding a truly original Brazilian... [+] Read More

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As a composer, Vinícius Cantuária had success with "Lua e Estrela" (recorded by Caetano Veloso in 1981), "Coisa Linda," "Só Você," and "Na Canção" (recorded by Fábio Jr.). He was praised as a composer/interpreter with Sol na Cara, released in the U.S. Cantuária moved to Rio de Janeiro RJ with his family at age six. He joined O Terço in the late... [+] Read More

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Vinicius de Moraes was a fundamental figure in Brazilian music. As a poet, he wrote lyrics for a great number of songs that became all-time bossa nova and samba classics. As a composer, he wrote some good music, and as an interpreter, he left several important albums. From a musical family, he began very early to write poetry. At 14 he became... [+] Read More

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