# Padrinho Zé Ricardo | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/padrinho-ze-ricardo
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/padrinho-ze-ricardo/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-20 04:07 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/padrinho-ze-ricardo
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/padrinho-ze-ricardo/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/padrinho-ze-ricardo/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Padrinho Zé Ricardo
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `padrinho-ze-ricardo`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-20 04:07 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-c8df8a8b47c603ab
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1470
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 4
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Benção da Casa
- 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

Padrinho Zé Ricardo came together in Salvador, Brazil in the early 1980s. Their music drew from Afro-Brazilian traditions, particularly Candomblé rituals, which gave their work a distinct spiritual quality that wasn't always immediately accessible to broader audiences. Their 1984 debut album 'Axé, Alegria e Paz' established their approach, mixing Brazilian rhythms with jazz, soul, and reggae elements. Two years later they released 'Benção da Casa,' which included the song of...

## 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. Benção da Casa — https://lyroverse.com/padrinho-ze-ricardo/bencao-da-casa