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Virginia Rodrigues
Virgínia Rodrigues (born Salvador, Bahia, March 31, 1964) is a Brazilian singer. Her music has an influence of classical music, samba, and jazz, and her lyrics reference Candomblé and Umbanda entities. Biography Virgínia Rodrigues was born in Salvador, Bahia on March 31, 1964. She had started her career by singing in both Catholic and Protestant church choirs. In 1997, she was invited by the director Márcio Meirelles to participate in the play ''Bye Bye Pelô,'' alongside the Bando de Teatro Olodum. During rehearsals, she discovered by Caetano Veloso. Her first album '' Sol Negro'' (1997) was produced by Celso Fonseca and had arrangements by Eduardo Souto Neto, and the participation of Djavan, Gilberto Gil, and Milton Nascimento. It was released on the Rykodisc label and was well received in the United States and Europe. ''The Times'' of London described Rodrigues as "... The new diva of Brazilian music". The album also received good reviews in ''Le Monde'' and the maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognized throughout the country and internationally for its #Cuisine, cuisine, #Music, music, and #Pelourinho, architecture. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it a center of Afro-Brazilian culture. As the Capitals of Brazil, first capital of Colonial Brazil, the city is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, one of the oldest in the Americas. Its foundation in 1549 by Tomé de Sousa took place on account of the implementation of the List of governors-general of Brazil, General Government of Brazil by the Portuguese Empire. Centralization as a capital, along with Portuguese colonization, were important factors in shaping the profile of the municipality, as were certain geographic characteristics. The construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
