Horácio Barros
Horácio Barros came up in Rio de Janeiro, drawing from the samba and bossa nova sounds around him. His 1975 debut album, named after the song 'Amor,' put him...
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Horácio Barros came up in Rio de Janeiro, drawing from the samba and bossa nova sounds around him. His 1975 debut album, named after the song 'Amor,' put him on the map with its straightforward romantic pull. That track, along with others like 'Aquela Mulher' and 'O Silêncio do Amor,' stuck to a plain, heartfelt style that avoided overproduction.
He kept writing and recording through the 1980s, even as some of his lyrics drew criticism and a 1982 drug arrest complicated his public image. The music itself never really shifted from those early melodic instincts. Songs such as 'Estação Bernardo Monteiro' and 'História da Humanidade' continued in a similar vein, more about steady expression than dramatic reinvention.
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