7 Sons

7 Sons were a band of seven siblings from Rio de Janeiro who started playing together in the early 1980s. Their self-titled 1985 album introduced songs like 'Bifurcação' and 'Galáxia' that mixed rock and reggae with Brazilian rhythms. The record found an audience with its direct melodies and lyrics that felt grounded in everyday concerns.

They kept writing about social issues as they went along. Tracks like 'Guerra da Paz' and 'Órfão de Si (Espelho)' from later albums continued in that vein, speaking plainly about inequality and personal reflection without much studio polish. The band released seven studio albums through the 1980s and 1990s, working mostly within the same family lineup of João, Cláudio, Fred, Márcio, Marcelo, Paulo, and Rodrigo Cavalcanti.

Their sound stayed recognizably theirs, guitars and percussion driving songs that felt like conversations set to music. Even on later records, you could hear the same unadorned approach that marked their early work, with straightforward arrangements that let the words and the sibling harmonies sit up front.