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Djavan - 53% match to Seu Jorge
27 January 1949, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. Djavan’s marriage of traditional South American rhythms with music drawn from Africa and Europe, including rock and pop, has made him successful in North America. Indeed, his music has been named ‘South American Global Pop’ in some quarters although it retains enough ethnic flavour to please its native audience Read more 
Gilberto Gil - 49% match to Seu Jorge
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, 29 June 1942, Salvador, Brazil. Singer-songwriter Gil - also a competent accordionist, guitarist, drummer and trumpeter - joined his first group, the Desafinados, in the mid-50s, and by the start of the 60s was making a living composing jingles for television commercials. Along with Caetano Veloso, Gil was one of the leading lights of the tropica Read more 
Lenine - 49% match to Seu Jorge
Oswaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Considered one of the most intelligent composers and musicians in Brazil, singer and guitarist Lenine was widely praised during the 90s for his rejuvenation of Brazilian pop. Lenine moved to Rio de Janeiro at 18, carrying with him the roots and rhythms of his home town. Pernambuco is known for maracatu, a syncopated Read more 
Skank - 40% match to Seu Jorge
This reggae-rock quartet are from Minas Gerais, a region located north of Rio de Janeiro which is known for the almost mystical ambience that permeates cities like Belo Horizonte and Tres Pontas. Brazilian icon Milton Nascimento is a native of Minas Gerais, as are Beto Guedes, Lô Borges and Toninho Horta. A band like Skank, of course, has very little in common with the mu Read more 
Caetano Veloso - 26% match to Seu Jorge
Caetano Emanuel Vianna Telles Veloso, 7 August 1942, Santa Amaro da Purifacação, Bahia, Brazil. Veloso has been compared at times to Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Bob Marley - another way of saying he is a cultural icon who has managed to be both a traditionalist and a rebel, often at the same time. In the course of more than 30 years, Veloso has continuously cre Read more 
Chico Buarque - 25% match to Seu Jorge
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, 19 July 1944, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One of Brazil’s most renowned songwriters, Buarque is both immensely popular and artistically innovative. Although he emerged alongside tropicalista artists such as Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil during the turbulent 60s, he never adopted their self-conscious, pop-orientated approach or their taste fo Read more 
Arnaldo Antunes - 18% match to Seu Jorge
Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes, 2 September 1960, São Paulo, Brazil. Antunes studied at the Colégio Equipe where he showed marked abilities as a musician, composer and writer. He worked on several multi-media projects, including one with Banda Performática, which was recorded in 1980 and for which he and Paulo Miklos composed a prize-winning song. He and M Read more 
Elis Regina - 18% match to Seu Jorge
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, 17 March 1945, Porto Alegre, Brazil, d. 19 January 1982, São Paulo, Brazil. Regarded as one of the finest singers from Brazil, Elis Regina attained legendary status in her native country before her death at age 36. For nearly two decades she was among the most popular performers in Brazil, and while a fierce dedication to her profession bro Read more
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