Brazilian Music

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (born August 7, 1942), better known as Caetano Veloso, is a composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. He has been called one of the greatest songwriters of the century and is sometimes considered to be the Bob Dylan of Brazil. Veloso is most known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship.

Zeca Baleiro is a Brazilian MPB (Música Popular Brasileira, or Brazilian Popular Music) solo artist who was born on April 11, 1966. One of his most famous songs is Salão de Beleza, which was featured on Putumayo World Music’s Reggae Around the World compilation.

Fernanda Sampaio de Lacerda Abreu, more commonly known as Fernanda Abreu, was born on Rio de Janeiro at September 8, 1961. She was the backing vocal of the band Blitz until 1986. After that, in 1990, she started a solo career singing funk, disco and dance music, achieving great success in her native country. Since then, Abreu has been considered the first lady of Brazilian funk.

Sergio Mendes is a grammy award winning Brazilian musician who has been trained as a classical pianist but also has a strong interest in jazz . His first disc from 1961 was titled Dance Moderno. He has contrinued to produce follow-up his and his 2008 disc was titled Encanto.

Marisa Monteis a pop singer from Brazil, but has been classically and opera trained. Most of her music style is modern but she has also recorded traditional samba and folk songs as well.

Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, composer and actor. His fans consider him a renewer of Brazilian samba-style pop.