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Gal Costa
A legend of Brazilian pop, Gal Costa – born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos on
September 6, 1945, in Salvador, Brazil - helped introduce tropicalia music to
the world in the 1960s and grew from a bohemian, counter-culture songstress into
a rebellious diva. Born in the city of Salvador in Bahia, she discovered the
music of bossa nova great Joao Gilberto while working in a record shop in her
teens and became friends with a young activist songwriter called Caetano Veloso.
With Veloso she was part of a groundbreaking stage show called Nos, Pour Exemplo
in 1964. At the time, Brazil ...
