The singer had inspired a musical current, tropicalism. She was as popular in her country as other legendary singers like Gilberto Gil or Caetano Veloso, of which she was the muse.
Le Monde with AFP
“I am very touched and saddened by the death of my sister Gal Costa”, tweeted Gilberto Gil as soon as the news fell. The singer with a crystal voice went out on Wednesday, November 8, announced her entourage. She was 77 years old.
With her timbre of sweet and upright votes in the treble, she was one of the figures in the bow of tropicalism, this movement which revolutionized Brazilian music in the late 1960s, mixing traditional rhythms and influences British or American rock and pop. She was as popular in her country as other legendary singers like Gilberto Gil or Caetano Veloso, of which she was the muse.
Born in Salvador de Bahia, Gal Costa has by his inimitable voice enchanted music lovers far beyond the borders of Brazil. She had concerts planned in London and Lisbon in the coming weeks.
“One of the biggest singers in the world”
“Gal Costa was one of the largest singers in the world, one of the main artists who bore the name and sound of Brazil worldwide. Our country loses one of its great voices”, reacted the President elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Instagram.
“What a silence, what a vacuum in Brazilian music”, Sorry Marisa Monte, Brazilian singer who was very inspired by the style of the musician.
On Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, passers -by were shocked. “It was a very important artist, not only for me, but for all of Brazil and the whole world. It is an irreparable loss,” Rose Marie Farias, a 52-year-old teacher, told Rose. The singer had to cancel a concert last weekend at the Primavera Sound festival in Sao Paulo, due to health problems.