happiness happiness, maybe his old friend Caetano Veloso will sing to him. Gilberto Gil, master of Brazilian music, artisan of the song in Portuguese, the man who composed everything anywaycreating new universes along the way, turns 80 this Sunday, June 26.
What better tribute to Gil, the greatest figure of the song, founder of Tropicalism, former Minister of Culture of Brazil, author of a plural career that went from samba to baião, from bossa-nova to funk, from rock to disk tropical, who hear it? We made a playlist of 30 songs and picked ten to celebrate a brilliant musical journey (and one that’s not over yet).
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Source: Observadora
