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The 15 Essential Latin Albums From 1974
- Fifty years ago, the sounds that dominated Latin music were thriving. Rock had become ambitious (and intellectual), the New York salsa explosion was at its apex, and the movements of bossa nova and tropicália had coalesced into the all-encompassing MPB—Música Popular Brasileira. Most Latin recordings from 1974 have a resplendent sense of innocence and discovery. […]
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Singer Gal Costa, icon of Brazil's Tropicália movement, remembered by Caetano Veloso
After singer Gal Costa, who helped revolutionize Brazilian music starting in the 1960s, died Wednesday, Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethania paid tribute.
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Gal Costa, influential Brazilian singer, dies aged 77
The singer, who was a main part of the Tropicália movement, had recently canceled an appearance at a music festival after surgery
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Brazilian singer Gal Costa, icon of Tropicalia movement, dies at 77
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian singer Gal Costa, one of the most distinctive voices from the country's Tropicalia movement, has died at the age of 77. "It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that we communicate the death of singer Gal Costa," said her official Twitter account. Tributes poured in from many of Brazil's biggest names in politics and entertainment.
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Iconic Brazilian singer Gal Costa dies at 77
Singer Gal Costa, an icon in the Tropicalia and Brazilian popular music movements who enjoyed a nearly six-decade career, died on Wednesday. The soprano with wild curls of dark hair was best known for lending her unique voice to compositions such as Ary Barroso’s “Aquarela do Brasil” (Watercolor of Brazil), Tom Jobim’s “Dindi,” Jorge Ben Jor’s “Que Pena” (What a Shame) and Caetano Veloso’s “Baby.” “Gal Costa was among the world’s best singers, among our principal artists to carry the name and
