MUSIC OF BRAZIL

NEW SOUNDS OF CONTEMPORANEOUS COMPOSERS
Music of Brazil

New brazilian composers and performers reveal a great inventiveness, exploring new rhythms, new themes, new melodies, placing Brazilian music in the world quality top (though not necessarily in the commercial tops: the Portuguese language or their less commercial content misplace many excellent creations).

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Adriana Calcanhoto
Caetano Veloso
Carlinhos Brown
Daniela Mercury
Djavan
Elba Ramalho
Elis Regina
Fafa de Belem
Gal Costa
Ivan Lins
Ivete Sangalo
Maria Bethania
Marisa Monte
Milton Nascimento
Rita Lee

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