Maria Bethania is an entertaining enigma, a singer who can sound like a pained and passionate Brazilian answer to Edith Piaf, and then suddenly switch to more lightweight pop balladry. She became ...

Maria Bethânia is a Brazilian singer. She is the sister of Caetano Veloso. Born 18 June 1946 in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil. Her brother Caetano named her at birth. (He was 4 years old ...

A unique and intimate portrait of singer Maria Bethania that starts at the artists 60th birthday celebrated during a concert in El Salvador and a Mass in Santo Amaro her hometown in 2006 In the same ...

Río de Janeiro, 25 dic (EFE).Río de Janeiro, 25 dic (EFE). — Claudionor Viana Teles Velloso, conocida como “doña Canó” y madre de los músicos brasileños Caetano Veloso y Maria Bethania, falleció hoy a ...

A monumental figure in Brazilian music receives an in-depth profile in “Maria Bethania: Music Is Perfume.” Pic sticks to musical side of the best-known woman exponent of the 1970s movement known as ...

With some 50 albums to her credit over a career of more than 45 years, Maria Bethania is a Brazilian songstress who deserves greater attention in the United States. And now with the DRG Brazil's ...

Nigerian singer Burna Boy has lost the Best Global Music Album award at the 2026 Grammys. His album, No Sign of Weakness, was beaten by Brazilian icons Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia, who won with ...

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Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ...

Without doubt, Brazil's Maria Bethânia is one of the most compelling, impassioned singers I've ever heard. But finding the “right" Bethânia album can be daunting for listeners new to MPB ( Música ...