Music Review

Sol Negro

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Virginia Rodrigues; Genre: World

A protegee of Rio pop pioneer Caetano Veloso, Virginia Rodrigues sings with soulful spirituality and grooves with heavenly grace. On her debut album Sol Negro, the Brazilian vocalist alternates traditional weepy ballads with slinky bossa nova hip shakers and rubbery Tropicalismo jams that feature the cream of Brazil's musical royalty, including Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento. A-

Originally posted Sep 25, 1998 Published in issue #451 Sep 25, 1998 Order article reprints

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