Tomorrow, Saturday January 30 at 10 AM tickets go on sale for An Intimate Evening with Caetano Veloso, coming to the Greek this April 15. It would be literally impossible to convey here Veloso's class, quality, and sheer importance in the development of Brazilian and world music in the last 45 years, so please trust us on this one: you do not want to miss a chance to see the brightest light in Tropicalia live.

A Veloso concert is an experience that never ceases to amaze: imagine a composer and performer of Dylan's stature (and this is no overstatement) that always, consistently delivers. And the “intimate” set advertised should be a fit showcase for his still pure, moving voice. In case we didn't make ourselves clear: get tickets. You'll be thanking us come April.

From the release:

“Caetano Veloso is one of the greatest songwriters of the century: a master melodist, a lyricist who merges surreal imagery with a sense of history and a sense of humor, a singer whose voice radiates tenderness and supple swing and a musician who connects to traditional music, pop and jazz from all over.”

–The New York Times

Caetano Veloso will open the award-winning Greek Theatre's 2010 season on Thursday, April 15.

Caetano Veloso is among the most influential and beloved artists to emerge from Brazil. Known there since the 1960's, Veloso has made more than thirty recordings to date and has developed a strong international following. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, in 1942, Caetano Veloso began his professional musical career in 1965 in Sao Paulo. In his first compositions he drew on the bossa novas of Joao Gilberto, but rapidly began to develop his own distinctive style. Absorbing musical and aesthetic ideas from sources as diverse as The Beatles, concrete poetry, the French Dadaists and the Brazilian modernist poets of the 1920s, Caetano, together with Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, his sister Maria Bethania, and a number of other poets and intellectuals, founded a movement called Tropicalismo. By experimenting with new sounds and words, adding electric guitars to their bands and utilizing the imagery of modern poetry, Caetano became a musical revolutionary.

Although Tropicalismo set the tone for Caetano's career, his music has evolved greatly over the years. Incorporating elements of rock, reggae, fado, tango, samba canao, baiao and rap– with lyrics containing some of the best poetry in a musical tradition rich in verse– Caetano's music is sometimes traditional, sometimes contemporary, often hybrid. At once an astute social commentator and balladeer of highly emotive love songs, Caetano is one of the most respected poets in the Portuguese language. Indeed he is one of only a handful of artists who has resolved how to be musically modern and still undeniably Brazilian.

Once again: Be there!

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