# Mestre Michel Gomes | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 19:41 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Mestre Michel Gomes
- Visible lyric pages: 4

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `mestre-michel-gomes`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 19:41 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-9b604b473d70a5d7
- Visible lyric pages: 4
- Pages with stored lyric text: 4
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 3240
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Declamação Meu Berimbau, Instrumentos, Meu Berimbau Me Leva, and No Balanço da Angola
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Mestre Michel Gomes came up in Luanda, where he learned percussion from older musicians and eventually played with the band Os Gingas do Maculusso. His 1979 debut album No Balanço da Angola, named for its title track, caught on quickly in Angola. The song No Balanço da Angola mixed traditional rhythms with newer arrangements, and it became something of an anthem there. Gomes's music reached listeners outside Angola too, and...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Declamação Meu Berimbau — https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes/declamacao-meu-berimbau
2. Instrumentos — https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes/instrumentos
3. Meu Berimbau Me Leva — https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes/meu-berimbau-me-leva
4. No Balanço da Angola — https://lyroverse.com/mestre-michel-gomes/no-balanco-da-angola