This woman has become a living legend in the Brazilian music scene. She's a central figure in the style known as axé, pop music from the northeast state of Bahia that combines samba, reggae, and pop. She's one of those musicians who perhaps was criticized at first for appealing too much to the masses, but she's been on the scene so long that she's beyond reproach at this point.
I love her singing. Here she is in "Canto da Cidade", an ode to her beloved city of Salvador Bahia. Nothing else, in my opinion, captures the energy and magic of this city, central to Afro-Brazilian culture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFMtw8KzMeM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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