Afropop Worldwide | Brazilian Singer-Songwriter Marisa Monte Returns With Album, Single, Tour
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Marisa Monte: Portas (Album Review)
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Published July 25. 2021 12:01AM
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS, Associated Press Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
It took Marisa Monte 10 years to release a solo album, but the four-time Grammy winner never abandoned music.
Far from being away, the Brazilian singer-songwriter remained extra busy over the last decade with projects including Tribalistas her group with Arnaldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown as well as producing for other artists and touring, until the pandemic hit.
She recently released “Portas,” a 16-songs effort that follows 2011’s “O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade” and includes the single “Calma,” which she co-wrote with Chico Brown. It opens with the song that gives the album its name and closes with the uplifting “Pra Melhorar” featuring Seu Jorge and his teenage daughter, Flor de Maria.
Last week she released Portas, a 16-songs effort that follows 2011’s O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade and includes the single Calma, which she co-wrote with Chico Brown. It opens with the song that gives the album its name and closes with the uplifting Pra Melhorar featuring Seu Jorge and his teenage daughter, Flor de Maria. Portas which means doors in Portuguese seems like an appropriate title for the times. In the beginning of 2020, I was ready to start to record this new album and then everything happened, the doors closed, we were locked at home, Monte told The Associated Press in a recent interview from Rio de Janeiro.