Adriana Calcanhotto
Born October 3, 1965 in Volpago del Montello, a municipality located in Veneto, Italy–Adriana has had quite a career that ranks right up there with many veteran MPB singers/songwriters.

She began learning music at age 19, while producing her first of many albums in 1990 titled Enguiço, was released in 1990 and consisted mostly of MPB covers–including the song, “Gentle on My Mind” (Track 3). The title track was here only original composition.

According to her Wikipedia page, the song Naquela Estacao done originally by Caetano Veloso was included in the soundtrack to the watched primetime soap opera in Brazilian TV history Rainha da Sucata (translated meaning

Four years later and another pair of albums released to the Brazilian people, she changed her hair color from bright blond to shorter black hair. That same year 1994 brought on a more poetic feel in A Fábrica do Poema. In 1998 came Maritmo (which is a combination of two words–marítimo (meaning maritime) and ritmo (meaning rhythm). This water theme continued on her next pair of albums.

In 2000, her biggest hit included a live album and DVD with just her on acoustic guitar (similar to the former MTV Unplugged series). It sold around 600,000 copies–nearly four times as much as her second album.

After doing a few children’s song, she brought on friend Marisa Monte in the 2008 album Maré, The highlight of that particular album was a cover of Marina Lima’s song Três. She She has toured extensively not just throughout Brazil, but also to the United States, Europe, and Japan. You can read about her highlights on tour in the book Saga Lusa (meaning Portuguese Saga). The book was released in Rio on October 28, 2008.