"My God, grant me the courage to live 365 days and nights, all empty of your presence. Give me the courage to regard this emptiness as fullness." These verses by Clarice Lispector, recited in the ...

Maria Bethânia is a Brazilian singer. She is the sister of Caetano Veloso. Born 18 June 1946 in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil. Her brother Caetano named her at birth. (He was 4 years old ...

Maria Bethania is an entertaining enigma, a singer who can sound like a pained and passionate Brazilian answer to Edith Piaf, and then suddenly switch to more lightweight pop balladry. She became ...

A unique and intimate portrait of singer Maria Bethania that starts at the artists 60th birthday celebrated during a concert in El Salvador and a Mass in Santo Amaro her hometown in 2006 In the same ...

A monumental figure in Brazilian music receives an in-depth profile in “Maria Bethania: Music Is Perfume.” Pic sticks to musical side of the best-known woman exponent of the 1970s movement known as ...

With some 50 albums to her credit over a career of more than 45 years, Maria Bethania is a Brazilian songstress who deserves greater attention in the United States. And now with the DRG Brazil's ...

Siblings Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album on Sunday (Jan. 1) for Caetano e Bethânia ao Vivo. Presenter Dee Dee Bridgewater accepted the award on ...

Nigerian superstar Burna Boy has missed out on the Best Global Music Album award at the 2026 Grammy Awards, as Brazilian icons Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia claimed the prize for Caetano e ...

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Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ...