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unusual facts about Música Popular Brasileira



Aquele Abraço

The song has since achieved an iconic status in Brazilian popular culture and was performed by MPB artists Marisa Monte and Seu Jorge at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as part of the preview of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Clarisse Albrecht

Growing up, Albrecht was listening to a lot of different musical genre : soul, R&B, Funk, Pop, Brazilian music (MPB, Bossa-Nova) and African music such as Makossa, Marabentta or Congolese Rumba.

Dom Salvador

Dom Salvador, born 1938 Salvador da Silva Filho, is a Brazilian jazz / Música Popular Brasileira pianist most notable for his Rio 65 Trio that featured the Brazilian jazz drummer Edison Machado and bassist Sérgio Barroso.

Feminina

The singer entered TV Globo's Festival MPB 80 and reached the finals with the song, which went on to achieve her first chart success in Brazil.

Mediterrânic Ensemble

The World\Folk Fusion assignment means an open attitude towards all music of the world, together with the mediterranean essence, enveloped with other sounds, such as Brazilian Popular Music, African Music, Minimal, Reggae, Progressive Folk, Celtic Music, American Folk and Jazz fusion.

Nei Lopes

In the 90's, Nei started partnerships with people identified with the MPB label, such as composer Guinga and Zé Renato.


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Théo de Barros

He is known for his collaborations with Geraldo Vandré, for example on Disparada (tied with A banda by Chico Buarque for 1st place in the 2nd Festival de Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) 1966, produced and broadcast by TV Record), and for the song Menino das laranjas, recorded by Elis Regina that same year.