Biography
Adoniran Barbosa is the main composer of the samba of the state and city of S+úo Paulo. His compositions portray the life in that city, evidencing the cultural mix of the Italian immigration and the hillbilly upstate accents in a samba style which is extremely singularized from that practiced in Rio de Janeiro. Barbosa had many successes that are celebrated as all-time classics of Brazilian popular music, like "Saudosa Maloca," "O Samba do Arnesto," "Tiro ao +ülvaro" (with Osval... Read more