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Márcio Faraco (born 1963 in Alegrete) is a Brazilian born singer, composer, producer and guitar player. After many years of living and working in Brazil, Faraco decided to leave the country for Paris, France where he has lived, with his wife, ever since. He has released six albums since living there. .

Márcio Local stands at the crossroads of two great traditions in modern Brazilian music, with one foot in samba, the heavily percussive Afro-Brazilian dance music that took its modern form in the early twentieth century, and the other in soul, the African American music rooted in the blues that attracted a mass audience in Brazil in the 1960s and 1970s. Once regarded as a faddish import, soul music has been effectively Brazilianized such that it now constitutes a local tradition in big cities like São Paulo and Márcio's home town of Rio de Janeiro. Márcio has also discovered ways to...