Artist Info: Garoto

Garoto ( born as Anibal Augusto Sardinha; Born June 29, 1915 in Sao Paulo; Died May 03, 1955) was an underrated genius of popular music. When Brazilian songs were into simpler harmonies and the grandiloquent, dramatic discourse of the betrayed lovers and the likes, Garoto was composing "Duas Contas," a song which, in terms of harmony, interpretation and lyrics, can very well be considered the precursor of bossa nova. That was in the decade of 1940 [read more...]