Virginia Rodrigues (born Salvador, Bahia, March 31, 1964) is a Brazilian singer.[1]

Biography

Virginia Rodrigues was born on March 31, 1964. She had started her career by singing in both Catholic and Protestant church choirs. In 1997, she was invited by the director Márcio Meirelles to attend Pelô Bye Bye. There she was discovered by Caetano Veloso.

The first album Sol Negro (1997) was produced by Celso Fonseca and had arrangements by Eduardo Souto Neto. It was released on the Rykodisc label and was well received in the United States and Europe. The Times of London described Rodrigues as "... The new diva of Brazilian music". The album also received good reviews in Le Monde and the magazine Rolling Stone.

Rodrigues second album, Nós, features songs of Ile Aiye, Olodum, Timbalada, Ara Ketu and Afreketê and was also well received, with reviews in The New York Times and All Music Guide.

Her third album, Mares Profundos, was released in January 2004 on the German label Deutsche Grammophon and features 11 African-sambas composed between 1962 and 1966 by guitarist Baden Powell (1937–2000) and the poet Vinicius de Moraes (1913–1980). The program closes with samba "Lapinha" (Baden-Paulo Cesar Pinheiro).

Her fourth album, Recomeço, was released in 2008 and features poetry by Chico Buarque.

Rodrigues regularly appears at festivals of jazz and world music throughout the world, participating in several world tours. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton once said that she was the singer who he liked best in the world and mentioned her in his memoir My Life.

Discography

Albums
  • Sol Negro (1997)
  • Nós (2000)
  • Mares Profundos (2004)
  • Recomeço (2008)
  • Mama Kalunga (2015)
  • Cada Voz E Uma Mulher (2019)
Contributing artist

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Note
1996Tieta of AgresteCantora Brazil Film[2][3]
2001Drums and GodsA Tristeza
2003Gregório de MattosCantora de RuaBiographical Film.
2007Ó Paí, ÓBioncetão
2014O Casamento de GoreteComo Raimunda[4]
2019MahiraAction thriller

References

  1. ↑ Guzman, Isaac (March 30, 2001). "Two From Brazil's New Wave - New York Daily News". Daily News. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Sandra Brennan (2016). "Tieta of Agreste". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Philip Galinsky (16 December 2013). Maracatu Atomico: Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in the Mangue Movement and the "New Music Scene" of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Taylor & Francis. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-136-71728-4.
  4. ↑ "O Casamento de Gorete".
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