Re: Braziliana

Alex Williams (daw@zoo.bt.co.uk)
Tue, 28 Oct 97 09:06:32 GMT

You wrote:
>Haye!
>
>Does anyone know who this might be?
>
>>I meant to ask you the other day if you know of a Brazillian (they sing
>>in Portuguese so I assume they're Brazillian) duo who were doing great
>>smooth sambas etc with lyrics by avant-garde poets in the early/mid
>>sixties then turned to electric rock in 1968-69. The singer was Gil
>>Costa (sic) (I think) and the composer's (a man) surname began with "v".
>
>Any ideas / info appreciated!
>
>philip
>

Her name is Gal Costa. I don't know much about her, but I've got a 2LP "Best
of" of hers from Brazil. I don't like all of the material on the album, but
there's a few great tracks on there. My faves are "Sebastiana", "Flor De
Maracuja" and "Meu Nome E Gal" (please don't slate me for my spelling!). I did
a bit of digging just now and found out that her partner in crime was Bahian
Caetano Veloso. I found this out at the All Music Guide. It's a brilliant
resource and it's FREE. The AMG page for Gal Costa has a short biography, a
discography, related artists and more. Check out
http://205.186.189.2/amg/music_root.html

Hope that helps,
Alex