Name: Tropical Truth: a Story of Music & Revolution in Brazil
Brand: Caetano Veloso

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9780306812811

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Paperback

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Limited edition

Release date

2021-11-16

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Sales:8.875

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Caetano Veloso

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Music

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Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. He was born on August 7, 1942 in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil. Caetano is known as one of the originators of the "Tropicalia" movement in music. He is also the brother of Maria Bethânia.

Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz guitar, avant-jazz, and electronic music-and in doing so blew apart the status quo of Brazilian culture. Caetano and the movement he catalyzed, tropicalia, urged an adoption of personal freedom in politics, music, and lifestyle. His rabble-rousing, as the government saw it, would get Caetano and his comrade Gilberto Gil arrested and exiled to London to wait out the military dictatorship. His fame increasing by the year, Caetano focused on writing songs about his homeland, returning to Brazil as a national hero-a mantle he still wears today. His most recent album, Live in Bahia, was released to international critical and popular acclaim.

Tropical Truth: a Story of Music & Revolution in Brazil

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