# Rick Costa | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 08:39 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Rick Costa
- Visible lyric pages: 5

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `rick-costa`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 08:39 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-e6bf5a56015acd9e
- Visible lyric pages: 5
- Pages with stored lyric text: 5
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 4347
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Em Busca do Desconhecido, Moro Longe, Mágoa, O Bicho É Bão, and Sexta Feira
- 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

Rick Costa came up in Recife, where the local frevo and maracatu rhythms were part of the air. He started writing songs as a teenager, and by 1999 he had put out his first album, 'Mata Atlântica.' His second album, 'Moro Longe,' arrived in 2002 and gave him his biggest song. The title track, along with others like 'Em Busca do Desconhecido' and 'Mágoa,' connected with listeners in a way...

## 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. Em Busca do Desconhecido — https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/em-busca-do-desconhecido
2. Moro Longe — https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/moro-longe
3. Mágoa — https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/magoa
4. O Bicho É Bão — https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/o-bicho-e-bao
5. Sexta Feira — https://lyroverse.com/rick-costa/sexta-feira