Gal Costa performs in São Paulo, Brazil in 2013. Mauricio Santana/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mauricio Santana/Getty Images Obituaries Gal Costa, piercing voice of Brazil's Tropicália movement, has died at 77 November 9, 2022 • Costa's voice was a key part of the sound that combined Brazilian pop music, psychedelic rock and the avant-garde in the late 1960s.
Rodrigo Amarante Julia Brokaw/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Julia Brokaw/Courtesy of the artist All Songs Considered Guest DJ: Rodrigo Amarante August 18, 2021 • The great Brazilian-born, now Los Angeles-based musician has just put out Drama, his first solo album in seven years. We also hear music that changed his life, including songs from The Smiths and Gilberto Gil. Guest DJ: Rodrigo Amarante Listen · 49:55 49:55 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1028563631/1199263055" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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