Grupo Revelação

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Grupo Revelação ( Portuguese "development") is a Brazilian pagoda band from Rio de Janeiro .

Career

Grupo Revelação was founded in 1991. The band was coined by Victor Stecca in the typical Pagoda Carioca style. João Carlos Silva Filho, artistic director of the FM O Dia radio station, played a major role in the band's success. In 1999, BMG released their first album Revelação, on which musicians from the Kiloucura group participated. The album includes the song Zé do Caroço, a cover version of the song by Leci Brandão. In 2002 Grupo Revelação had their greatest successes, they switched to the Deckdisc label and released the album Ao Vivo no Olimpo , which sold 700,000 times and was number two of the best-selling Pagoda CDs. Her fame established itself beyond Rio de Janeiro on a national level and after tours in the USA , Europe and Japan also internationally. Novos Tempos from 2003 became the group's fourth CD. In 2005, Deckdisc released a DualDisc entitled Samba do Brasil after selling a million CDs . This was followed by Velocidade da Luz and in 2008 Aventureiro with the hits Aventureiro and Medo de Amar. In 2009 Grupo Revelação recorded a live concert in the Morro da Urca district called Ao Vivo no Morro . Her biggest and most popular hits include Deixa Acontecer, Coração Radiante, Talvez, Essência da Paixão and Grades do Coração.

occupation

  • Xande de Pilares: vocals and cavaco (Portuguese guitar-like stringed instrument, similar to the cavaquinho)
  • Mauro Júnior: Singing and Banjo
  • Rogerinho: Singing and Tantã (Portuguese drum)
  • Sérgio Rufino: vocals and pandeiro
  • Beto Lima: vocals and guitar
  • Artur Luís: Singing and Reco-Reco (Portuguese also Raspador, Caracaxá or Querequexé)

Discography

  • Revelação (2000)
  • Nosso Samba Virou Religião (2001)
  • Ao Vivo - Olimpo (2002)
  • O Melhor Do Pagoda De Mesa (2002)
  • Novos Tempos (2003)
  • Ao Vivo Na Palma da Mão (2004)
  • Maxximum: Grupo Revelação (2005)
  • Velocidade da Luz (2006)
  • Revelação 100% (2007)
  • Aventureiro (2008)
  • Ao Vivo no Morro (2009)
  • Ao Vivo no Morro 2 (2010)

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Pagoda from Rio de Janeiro
  2. ↑ * September 12, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro , Leci Brandão da Silva , Brazilian MPB singer
  3. ↑ independent Brazilian record label