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Brazil Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian musician, songwriter, and cultural icon, known for his pivotal role in Brazil's Tropicália movement.
The Rainforest Alliance announced a collaboration with GRAMMY® Award-winning artists Caetano Veloso and Lenine as well as renowned Brazilian artists. Caetano Veloso, inspired to protect the rainforest of his native Brazil from further destruction, came together with Lenine, Criolo, Emicida and other Brazilian musicians in support of the Rainforest Alliance.
Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, Caetano Veloso has signed with Sony Music Brasil. The deal was inked last week alongside Sony.
Caetano Veloso contributed songs to two AIDS benefit compilation albums produced by the Red Hot Organization: "Red Hot + Rio" (1996) and "Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon" (1998). In 2011, he again contributed two songs to the Red Hot Organization's most recent compilation album, "Red Hot + Rio 2." The two tracks include a remix of "Terra" by Prefuse 73 ("3 Mellotrons in a Quiet Room Version") and "Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses," in collaboration with David Byrne.
After winning a lyrics contest for his composition "Um Dia", Veloso signed to Philips Records. This was his first record label.
Caetano Veloso's September 2006 album, "Cê," was released by Nonesuch Records in the United States.
Caetano Veloso returned to BAM with Meu Coco, his first album in nine years, performing his new work. He has also had upcoming performances and related events at BAM, including an April Member Mingle.
Caetano Emanuel Vianna Telles Velloso was born on August 7, 1942, in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil. He showed an early interest in music, particularly the bossa nova recordings of João Gilberto. Veloso moved to Salvador as a teenager, where he began playing guitar and singing in local clubs, often with his sister Maria Bethânia. While studying philosophy at the Federal University of Bahia from 1963 to 1965, Veloso connected with other young musicians like Gilberto Gil and Maria da Graça (later Gal Costa). After leaving university, he started recording his compositions and performed at televised music festivals. His first album, “Domingo,” a collaboration with Gal Costa that highlighted their bossa nova influences, was released in mid-1967.
By late 1967, Veloso and his peers developed Tropicália, a new Brazilian pop music style synthesizing regional folk rhythms, psychedelic rock, musique concrète, and politically charged lyrics. The compilation album “Tropicália; ou, panis et circensis” (1968) became a manifesto for this aesthetic, featuring songs by Veloso, Gil, Costa, and others. Veloso’s self-titled solo debut (1968) included his hit “Alegria, alegria.” As key members of Brazil’s burgeoning counterculture, they attracted a devoted following, which led to their own television program. However, their provocative style and politically subversive songs, such as “É proibido proibir,” led to Veloso’s arrest and imprisonment for two months in December 1968 under Brazil’s military dictatorship, which viewed Tropicália as a threat to free speech. Following house arrest, he and Gilberto Gil were exiled to London in July 1969, where they continued their musical work for two years.
Upon returning to Brazil in 1972, Veloso released albums like “Transa” (1972), “Araçá azul” (1973), and “Bicho” (1977), continuing to integrate diverse musical influences including reggae, disco, and Bahian Carnival music. He collaborated with Gil, Costa, and Bethânia in the group Doces Bárbaros. The 1980s saw his national and international recognition grow, leading to increased record sales and extensive touring. His international reach expanded with albums like “Estrangeiro” (1989), recorded in New York City, and attention from musicians such as David Byrne. Veloso and Gil reunited for “Tropicália 2” (1993) to commemorate the movement’s 25th anniversary. His subsequent works include the Grammy Award-winning “Livro” (1997), “Noites do norte” (2000), and the English-language album “A Foreign Sound” (2004). He also directed the film “O cinema falado” (1986) and authored memoirs such as “Verdade tropical” (1997). Veloso has received numerous Latin Grammy Awards and was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year in 2012.
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