Luísa Maita (Brazil)

Luísa Maita is a Brazilian singer-songwriter from São Paulo, born in 1982 to drummer and singer Amado Maita and record producer Myriam Taubkin. She grew up in Bixiga, a neighborhood central to the city’s samba tradition, and founded the band Urbanda in 2001 before going solo. Before her solo career, she wrote songs for other Brazilian artists, including Virginia Rosa and Mariana Aydar. Her 2010 debut album, Lero-Lero, released on the Cumbancha label, blends samba, bossa nova, and MPB with electronic and jazz influences. It earned her the Best New Artist award at the Brazilian Music Awards, the country’s equivalent of the GRAMMYs. Her song “Lero-Lero” was featured in the Oscar winning film Boyhood and she performed at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony. Maita released her second album, Fio da Memória, in 2016.

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"Desencabulada" is a standout track from Luísa Maita's album Lero-Lero. The title can be roughly translated as "liberated" or "uninhibited," and the lyrics speak of a woman who is carefree and empowered, with a sense of independence and pride in her own self-expression. “It happened at a baile funk dance / She got home late at night / So bold, almost naked / She was still whistling a tune.”

Maita’s original composition “Amor e Paz” (Love and Peace) was inspired by the image of a father lulling his son to sleep. The Global Tranquility song is an homage to bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto. “Love stayed / It stopped its coming and going / Peace has come / It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t want / I’m by your side, so close, so close / To protect you.”

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