Cada voz é uma mulher (2019)
Afro-Brazilian diva VIRGÍNIA RODRIGUES is back with her new album, “CADA VOZ É UMA MULHER,” in which the singer weaves dialogues between women from Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Angola. Leonardo Mendes and Tiganá Santana were the album’s music producers. Compositions were written by Sara Tavares, Mayra Andrade, Aline Frazão, Lena Bahule, and Luedji Luna, among others. These Lusophone women connect to the shared ancestry of their music.
Mama Kalunga (2015)
Mama Kalunga is Virginia Rodrigues’ fifth album. Tiganá Santana was its artistic director and Sebastian Notini was its music producer. Committed to its African matrices, the repertoire features creations by black composers such as Abigail Moura, Geraldo Filme, Moacir Santos, Nei Lopes, Paulinho da Viola, Roberto Mendes and Tiganá Santana. The album was nominated for best album and Virginia won MPB Best Singer Award at the 27th Brazilian Music Awards.
Recomeço (2008)
In 2008, Virginia released the album Recomeço, a chamber music album with Brazilian songbook classics. In the album, the singer is accompanied by the arranger and pianist, Cristóvão Bastos. Her musical taste is impeccable and Virginia brings unpressedented versions of recurring Brazilian classics, performing compositions by Chico Buarque, Francis Hime, Edu Lobo and Tom Jobim.
Mares Profundos (2004)
Virginia released her third CD, Mares Profundos, already amidst success abroad. It was released the same year in the United States and Europe by the label Edge, which is a German record label called Deutsche Grammophon. Caetano Veloso also directed the artistic production for this album. The repertoire is quite venerable, as it is made up of 11 Afro-sambas composed between 1962 and 1966 by the guitarist Baden Powell and the poet Vinícius de Morais.
Nós (2000)
In her second album, Nós, Virginia honors the Afro blocks of Salvador and boasts the artistic direction of Caetano Veloso. Her exquisite and sophisticated singing brings in songs by Ilê Aiyê, Olodum, Timbalada, Ara Ketu and Afreketê. The New York Times called her “one of the most impressive singers to emerge from Brazil in recent years” and Stephan Cook of All Music Guide magazine described her as “one of the most impressive international releases of recent years”.
