A Brazilian singer-songwriter whose songs carry the rhythms of Maranhão.
If you want to get a feel for him, try 'Impressão Digital' or 'Identidade.' They're good places to start.
Gentil's music has a specific place in it. You can hear São Luís in songs like 'Impressão Digital' and 'Identidade', they're not just love songs, they're songs about where he's from. He's been recording since the early 1970s, and he's worked with people like Alcione and Chico Buarque, but he's always kept his own approach.
He put out his first self-titled album in the early 1970s, which had 'Luandê' on it. From there he kept making records, like 'Maranhão' in 1974 and 'O Canto do Maranhão' in 2004. The songs kept coming, from 'Dia de Festa' to 'Provinciano' and beyond.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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