Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicália, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since. Veloso has won nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On 14 November, 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae.
Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to:
Gonçalves is a Portuguese surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic Gundisalvis. Notable people with the surname include:
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". Notable people with the surname include:
Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways. For example, in the Philippines, the adopted Tagalog word is rendered to "krus" in plain usage, but the Spanish spelling survives as a surname.
Cardoso, sometimes in the archaic spelling Cardozo, is a Portuguese, Galician and Latin surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Furtado is a surname of Portuguese origin common in Portugal and Brazil. This last name is also found in Goa, India where the Portuguese colonized in the 15th century. It may refer to:
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Caetano is a Portuguese given name and surname derived from Latin Caietanus. It also appears in Lusophone place names named after Saint Cajetan.
Caetano Veloso is the third self-titled album by Caetano Veloso. It was recorded in England, when the artist was in an exile imposed by the Brazilian military dictatorship for being subversive. It is mostly sung in English and portrays a sad tone throughout, reflecting his feelings about homesickness and the absence of his family and friends. It was released first in Europe, and then in Brazil, in 1971.
Espinosa or Espinoza is a Spanish and Portuguese surname.
Abreu is a Galician-Portuguese surname.
Barreto is a surname of Portuguese origin, also found in the former Portuguese colonies of Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Timor-Leste and Goa as well as Spain, Latin America and The Philippines. In 1786, the title of Conde de Casa Barreto was created by King Charles III of Spain and bestowed upon Jacinto Tomás Barreto of Havana, Cuba.
Cortés, Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning 'courteous' or 'polite', and is related to the English Curtis.
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Gil is a surname of multiple origins, including Spanish, Polish ("bullfinch"), and Hebrew. Notable people with the surname include:
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