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Carolina Soares was born in october 14, 1979 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Beautiful vocals and dedication to the history and culture of Capoeira have made Carolina Soares a rising star throughout Brazil’s Capoeira community—she’s become a frequent guest performer at a variety of demos and batizados. This two disc set features traditional Capoeira music and songs sung by Carolina, including samba de roda, puxada de rede, and the well known corrido, paranauê, remixed with the latest rhythms in Brazilian hip hop. .

Claudette Soares started her career at the age of ten in the radio program conducted by Renato Murce known as Papel Carbono. Her musical path shows someone who was never attached to songs of a certain period and someone who always had good taste. Claudettes unique style went through different stages: from the time of protest with songs that were presented in festivals (when she launched the composer called Gonzaguinha during the II University Festival of the Brazilian Music in Rio de Janeiro, with the song MUNDO NOVO,VIDA NOVA (New World, New Life); she also went through the period of...

Elza da Conceição Soares (* 23. Juni 1937 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien) ist eine brasilianische Samba-Sängerin. Sie zählt neben Clara Nunes und Beth Carvalho zu den bedeutendsten Interpretinnen des Samba. Elza Soares ist die Tochter einer Reinigungskraft und eines Fabrikarbeiters. Sie wuchs in Rios Favela Água Santa in armen Verhältnissen auf. Sie arbeitete zunächst als Putzfrau und Arbeiterin in einer Seifenfabrik. Sie heiratete mit 12 Jahren und verlor im jugendlichen Alter drei Kinder, die an Unterernährung starben. 1953 gewann sie im Alter von 16 Jahren einen Gesangswettbewerb des Komponisten Ary Barroso und wurde anschließend als Schlagersängerin von Joaquim Naeglis...

A LITTLE ABOUT ME: I was born in Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil; and since I was a child I already sang on the church's worship team. I always liked to sing very much, I always liked music. When I was 15, I started to work in recording studios, making jingles and doing background vocals. From early on I already knew that God had something very special for me, and I dreamed about it but I didn't know what it was. So I started to ask the Lord: "God, was is it that You have for...