# Zé da Paraíba | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-paraiba
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-paraiba/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 11:52 UTC

## Discovery links

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

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Zé da Paraíba
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ze-da-paraiba`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 11:52 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-212817234838c51a
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 508
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 2
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: O Fabricante de Berimbau
- 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

Zé da Paraíba came from Cachoeira dos Índios in northeastern Brazil and spent his life with the berimbau, both making the instrument and playing it. He put out an album called 'O Fabricante de Berimbau' in 1978, which included the song of the same name. That track became his most recognized piece. He worked with musicians like Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso, and his brother João da Paraíba sometimes played...

## 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. O Fabricante de Berimbau — https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-paraiba/o-fabricante-de-berimbau