After the success of Gina Garcia’s debut with the tribute that honors Gal Costa, one of the greatest voices in Brazilian music, the singer responds to fans’ requests and opens a new date in St. Paul: August 9that the Claro Theater. To cheer up the show even more Ginny sings GalGloria Groove’s mother and former Raça Negra backing vocalist, has special guests tonight and the first name released is the singer and songwriter Marina Sena.
“I bring Gal’s greatest hits, best boleros, greatest frevos, sambas that he played all his life, as well as songs like Chuva de Prata, Nada Mais, Nuvem Negra, so many beautiful things that he recorded and those that climb to the bottom of the heart. I put together a show that told my story permeated with Gal’s songs, because that was how my life was as a singer in the night until I started my career as a backup singer”explains Ginny.
The singer met Gal in 1995 in the show dressing room My water mine Canto and the meeting lives on in his memory: “We talked a lot, Gal asked me about a musician, a great guitarist who worked with his Lanny Gordin, in the Tropicalista era, I worked with him on Star Dust at the time, but this conversation was surreal for me, Diva Gal speaking for me, unforgettable! I was blown away by the perfection of the sound I heard in this show, because I really felt like listening to the CD, her and the band’s tuning was so perfect. This production and direction is It was by the wonderful Jaques Morelembaum. The only photo I have with Gal is from that day, when I managed to go to the dressing room and she kindly signed my records.”
the tribute to Gal Costa will visit the main Brazilian capitals, but Gina Garcia also intends to present outside Brazil.
“She became famous abroad thanks to Tom Jobim and everything he recorded. She is well respected in Europe and in the United States, in fact she has her name in the Carnegie Hall Hall of Fame, for being the most performed Brazilian there. We hope this show lasts long enough so that we can bring this show where the songs of our Diva Gal Costa are missing” floor.
Source: Terra
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