Brazilian Singers
I have received e-mails from people wanting to know who are my favorite Brazilian singers. This is a list I had put in my site months ago. I added a couple of artists here. To tell you the truth this is a small list of what I love. There are so many great Brazilian singers...The singers below are famous at least in Brazil, and some internationally, so I also will make a list of not so famous brazilian singers that I love soon.
Of course, I'm always adding to the list:
Marisa Monte- she is the queen!
Céu-really cool and wonderful voice!
Cibele and Bebel Gilberto- I think both are very creative!
Caetano, Djavan and Gil- They are the icons of Brazilian music. I love Caetano's voice!
Milton Nascimento- I love his melodies first! Milton is another icon! Great voice!
Lenine- I'm a fan!
Daniela Mercury- I think the tone of her voice is just gorgeous! Brazilian dance music queen!
Rosa Passos- One of Bossa's top singers!
And, of course Elis Regina. I actually had forgotten about her until my friend Clarissa read this list on my website and pointed it out to me. I know, don't kill me here! I love Elis Regina! She is actually considered one of the best, if not the best, brazilian singer that ever existed. How marvelous her musicality and voice .... I have to say, although I love her, I still say that Marisa Monte is the queen, at least in my life! Maybe because Elis is not from my generation and Marisa served as the soundtrack to my life since I was a teen.
I will be posting more as I remember all the names. Above is just a few of them. I'm always discovering and rediscovering artists that touch my soul and bring joy and depth to my life!
Hi! Oi!
I see your list and aggree, those are some of the greatest ever Brazilian musicians. I didn;t know the one you mentioned before Bebel, maybe a sister or daughter. At any rate I am going to look it up now. I go on batanga.radio.com and have my own samba radio stations too listen to. I like it better than most of the others even if they are more well known. On this one you have more control over things you play, edit etc. I have so many Brazilian musicans on there, so many sambas...OMG I'm in heaven, Vanessa.
I also like Carlos Santana as that band can do a mean samba, too. There are so many from Bahia,and other parts of Brasil, sometimes we forgett that samba is loved in many parts of the world. I know that in the US there is a large group of samba istas who play not o nly here but have learaned alot in Brasil and play with the musicians there..anyway I could go on and on but will spare you. A friend of mine from Sao Paulo is here, he teachesme alot about the musicians from Brasil, the politics, food, everything! Chow, Cher.