The pandemic prevented the party in 2021, but the singer is now celebrating with ‘Novo Samba Semper Novo’, today on digital platforms
The singer and songwriter Benito di Paola he turned 80 in 2021, but the pandemic prevented the celebrations which have now resumed on the eve of his 81st birthday, which turns 28. Brazilian popular music.
Benito 80: New Samba Always New takes its name from one of the singer’s best-known works, A new Sambareleased in 1973. It is a kind of cycle that closes, joining the beginning of Benito’s career with its current moment of celebration, which saves his work and his legacy.
The idea was that the album came out earlier, but the pandemic prevented all artists from meeting in the studio. “This is something that rejuvenates us, our work,” Benito says in an interview with Stage🇧🇷 “This gives us new energy to continue our career”.
The new record brings Roberta de Sa in As the Master said🇧🇷 Zeca Baleiro in Moreover🇧🇷 Xandè de Pilares in reason for livingand also Robert Charles in it popped up, which has received a new version. Like the 70s vinyl, the now released album also ends with satin scrapsunder the voice of Juçara Marçal🇧🇷
In the chat with Stage, Benito from Freiburg emphasizes how enthusiastic he is about saving memories and even stories. In Benito 80the group drizzle demons to sing Sunrise next to Rodrigo Campo and the son of Benito, Rodrigo Vellozzo🇧🇷
the composer of Brazilian woman, meanwhile, reveals how he combined his career with samba dos Demônios. “I was in the dressing room at the Bolinha show and found the Demônios da Garoa sad, upset. I asked what had happened and they explained that they had forgotten about them [no programa]🇧🇷 So, I said it would pass and we would do a song together,” he says. “Some time later, we recorded Life is hard for the soap opera you are you🇧🇷 Now this new generation is recording my music in my 80s”.
Benito also remembers meeting with Cauby Peixoto🇧🇷 the interpreter of Conception one day he went to his house for dinner and, between eating and drinking, he confided that he wanted to record a song by Benito. It was then that she went to the piano and composed Candles in the winda classic that is also in the new work.
emotions
Next to him, his son and singer Rodrigo Vellozo accompanies everything with emotion. It is clear that he and Benito are partners: he is the one who initiates the video call, who helps his father when the phone drops and remembers the partnerships. It is he, alongside the singer-songwriter Romulo Fróesresponsible for the reproduction of the celebrations.
“It’s an honor and a new experience to work with different artists. I got even closer to my father’s work. There were many exciting moments in the studio,” adds Vellozo.
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