Singer-songwriter Rubel is a 21st century highlight on the fertile, vibrant Brazilian music scene, combining sounds from alternative music and MPB, always with soft, calm delivery, a sensual singing voice, and carefully constructed atmospherics; they are his musical trademark. Pearl, his 2015 debut album, was self-released to YouTube, along with a self-directed video for "Quando Bate That Saudade." Both went viral in Brazil. His second album, Casas, arrived in 2018, and earned a Latin Grammy nod thanks to single "Partilhar," a collaboration with Brazilian folk-pop duo ANAVITÓR...