Chico Buarque

Singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and playwright Chico Buarque is one of Brazil's living cultural icons. In addition to dozens of recordings, some 1,500 of his songs have been recorded by hundreds of artists internationally. In his plaintive, genteel singing voice, his approach to samba, bossa, and MPB is signified by iconoclastic, often politically pointed lyrics and ever-evolving harmonic structures. His self-titled debut in 1966 registered three hit singles. A founding member of the Tropicalia school, 1971's Construção, written while exiled in Italy, is one of Tropicalia'...