This month's artist, Gal Costa, has a tender, floating voice that embodies Brazil. She naturally blends diverse Brazilian genres in a contemporary context in a unforced manner. At times I can even hear Otis Redding belting over the Memphis Stax like grooves of cuts such as Vou Recomeçar.
Gal is originally from Salvador, Bahia like so many of the other musicians I've profiled in the recent months. Her first record was split with Caetano Veloso when she moved to São Paulo. Gal along with Maria Bethânia, were the foremost female leaders of the tropicalismo movement. While Gal had lots of interesting and compelling cover art to represent this month's podcast I skipped over using the most risque of the collection.
Up next month:
Jorge Ben Jor
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