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João Do Vale
12+ albums
mpbForrocantorfolkbrazil
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João do Vale is a singular poet. His lyrics, which transmit his profound understanding of the sertaneja (inlander) soul, are full of a very personal notion of rhythm. The strength of his work can be appraised if we consider that he is one of the three great figures of Northwestern popular music (the others being Luís Gonzaga and Jackson do Pandeiro) even having recorded only two individual albums. Soon having to work as a truck-driver assistant to help his very poor family, he traveled through the Northwestern inland knowing that humble people and their lives. This profound identification with his roots would forge his philosophy of life, and his natural talent would do the rest, with no help from formal education. Because he wanted to stay at school, but being black and poor he suffered the consequences of racial and social prejudice, having to abandon his studies very early. He was expelled from school to give room for the son of a recently appointed bureaucrat from Pedreiras. At 12, his family moved to São Luís, where he joined a bumba-meu-boi group, writing lyrics for their songs. Dreaming about living in Rio, he became a truck-driver assistant. From adventure to adventure, in the meanwhile working as prospector in Minas Gerais, he finally reached Rio, in 1950, at 17. Finding a job as a mason assistant, he'd run the radio stations at night, searching for an opportunity. He succeeded in approaching Zé Gonzaga. Initially reluctant, in due time Zé would be his admirer, h
top songs
albums
João Do Vale
O poeta do povo
O POETA DO POVO - 1965
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Participacoes Especiais
Brazil Classics 3: Forró etc.
A Música Brasileira Deste Século Por Seus Autores e Intérpretes
João Batista do Vale
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(1995) João Batista do Vale
Brazil Classics 3: Forro etc.
Forró para Todos
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Brasil: A Century Of Song - Folk & Traditional
João do Vale - Duetos