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...their strong rhythmic foundation, Brazil's composer-performers add spicy blends of European melodies and unique harmonies. Maria Bethania, 43, first achieved prominence in 1965, when she substituted for the ailing star of a Rio musical. Her dark, husky voice shares a certain androgynous quality with those of some of Brazil's other top performers. Bethania's brother, Veloso, 47, is -- along with Gilberto Gil -- one of the main exponents of tropicalismo, the buoyant music of the student generation that emerged during a period of military dictatorship after 1964. That style advocated the rights of blacks, reintroduced strong Afro-Brazilian...
...MARIA MCKEE: MARIA MCKEE (Geffen). Love songs like crystal, done with some fancy collaborators (including Richard Thompson and Robbie Robertson) by a vocalist who can soar just fine...
COPY DESK: Susan L. Blair (Copy Chief); Judith Anne Paul, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Minda Bikman, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Barbara Collier, Barbara Dudley Davis, Julia Van Buren Dickey, Dora Fairchild, Evelyn Hannon, Judith Kales, Sharon Kapnick, Claire Knopf, Gyavira Lasana, Melinda J. McAdams, Anna F. Monardo, Maria A. Paul, Elyse Segelken, Terry Stoller, Jill Ward, Amelia Weiss...
...MARIA McKEE: MARIA McKEE (Geffen). Love songs like crystal, done with some fancy collaborators (including Richard Thompson and Robbie Robertson) by a vocalist who can soar just fine...
COPY DESK: Susan L. Blair (Copy Chief); Judith Anne Paul, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Minda Bikman, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Barbara Collier, Barbara Dudley Davis, Julia Van Buren Dickey, Dora Fairchild, Evelyn Hannon, Judith Kales, Sharon Kapnick, Claire Knopf, Gyavira Lasana, Melinda J. McAdams, Anna F. Monardo, Maria A. Paul, Elyse Segelken, Terry Stoller, Jill Ward, Amelia Weiss...