A singer-songwriter whose lyrics and life navigated Brazil's military years with quiet persistence.
For a sense of his style, 'À Ciço' and 'Canção do Devaneio' frame it well, one insistent, the other drifting. They're both from that early solo period.
His song 'À Ciço' from the 1975 album 'O Canto do Povo' became a signature, blending poetic words with a melody that stuck. It's one of those tracks people still know, along with 'Pomba' and 'Canção do Devaneio,' because it feels rooted in the candomblé and samba sounds of his Santo Antônio Além do Carmo neighborhood. In a time when authorities watched him closely, his music offered a coded kind of resistance.
He started performing in the late 1960s with the group Opinião, whose shows often brushed against the political climate. After his first solo album in 1975, he kept writing through the military years, releasing records like 'Poema Rasgado' in 1984 and 'Sonho de Candomblé' in 1989, working with musicians like guitarist Luizinho de Assis.
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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