Sunday 28 March 2004

VIRGINIA RODRIGUES

Virginia Rodrigues-vocals, Pedro de Freitas-vocals, Ronaldo Silva-percussion, Paul Pereira Jr.-sax, flute,Iura Ranevesky-cello

Virginia Rodrigues posesses one of the most impressive voices in contemporary Brazilian music. She was raised with samba in the slums of Salvador de Bahia but her powerful, penetrating sound is equally inspired by opera. Her work is infused with a deep spirituality in which the West and the Third World flow together; she is a follower of candomblé, a harmony of catholisism and African.

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