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.