There’s Gilberto Gil (and family) for another eighty years | Music

Best known for songs such as “Aquele Abraço” and “Toda Menina Baiana” that were saved for appearances, among the audience delivered Thursday night in the Catalan capital were a large number of Brazilian expats, happy to see his mentor again and to whom some cheered “immediately.” Bolsonaro,” asking for the complicity of a committed artist.

Gil (Salvador de Bahia, 1942), who was Minister of Culture under Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and whose political ideas also led him to leave the country, called on Brazilian society “to be aware of everything that is happening in Brazil and in the already ‘world’ vote” firm”.

As soon as the concert started, after “Total Barato” and “Serafim”, one generation after another was introduced to all the member musicians and dancers, the whole family, from daughters to grandchildren and great-grandchildren through the sons-in-laws who make up the choir.

Jill took the opportunity to claim “African origins in Brazil” of which he feels a part.

In addition to being an icon of tropical music and Brazilian folk music (MPB), Gil has always asserted himself as a family person and for this reason, he says, the greatest celebration of life for him is being able to share his passion with his family for music.

Four of his eight children are part of the band that accompanies him on the tour, in which some of his grandchildren also participate, while his wife and other family members help produce and assemble the show.

Although two of his daughters, Nara and Preeta, garnered a large portion of audience support on several songs in which the “Patriarch” handed him the microphone, “Grandpa Gilberto” made the singer shine with several singles. Bella, who reinterpreted the classic Brazilian film “The Girl from Ipanema”.

Grandchildren João and Francisco also introduced to a particularly lively and dancing audience of Pedralbes another long-awaited song, “Várias Queixas”.

The maestro, always active on stage, without giving up the guitar, also surprised us with the Beatles’ song “Return”, which was transferred to his musical sphere “many years ago”.

“Barracos”, “Era nova”, “Vamos fugir” and “Andar com fé” were other songs chosen by the Brazilian singer-songwriter for the concert in Barcelona, ​​which has sold nearly 4 million copies of nearly 60 albums and won nine Grammy Awards. during his artistic career.

This summer, accompanied by the whole family, he began his tour in Germany and went around Europe (Denmark, Italy, Slovenia, France, Switzerland and Belgium). Its deadline is July 31 in Wiltshire (UK).

This clan united by music can be closely acquainted with the documentary series At Home with a Jill, also created to celebrate the singer-songwriter’s anniversary, and which has been airing on Amazone Prime since Friday.

One of the most famous episodes in his autobiography is when he and his friend and fellow musician Caetano Veloso were forced to leave the country during the dictatorship that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985.

Specifically, one of his greatest songs and an anthem for many Brazilians, appeared as the artist’s farewell hymn: “Aquele abraço”. Remember to contact HJCK’s Live Signal, The Art of Listening.