S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian singer and songwriter Caetano Veloso will perform at the port of the city of Byblos, in Lebanon, on Wednesday (14th). The Brazilian popular music icon\u2018s concert will be part of the programme of the Byblos International Festival, held annually in the Arab country to entertain the tourists visiting Lebanon in the summer. Byblos is located approximately 40 kilometres north of the country\u2019s capital Beirut.<\/p>\n
The port that hosts the festival, which began on July 1st, is a historic site and was an important trade hub for the Phoenicians in the past. The audience watches the concert from benches hanging over the sea. According to information supplied by the festival\u2019s organizers, Caetano Veloso\u2019s concert is one of the Byblos International Festival\u2019s most sought-after. <\/p>\n
The festival\u2019s site features a short clip of Caetano and a text by a The New York Times<\/i> music critic. \u201cCaetano Veloso is one of the greatest songwriters of the century, a master melodist, a lyricist who merges surreal imagery with a sense of history and a sense of humor, a graceful singer whose voice radiates tenderness,\u201d according to the text by Jon Pareles. <\/p>\n
Bahia native Caetano was influenced by bossa nova<\/i> music and by Jo\u00e3o Gilberto, another Brazilian singer and songwriter. Caetano started his career in 1967 and was the creator of Tropicalismo<\/i>, an avant-garde movement that combined Brazilian popular music and rock and roll. In the 1980s, he also became popular outside Brazil. The singer\u2019s latest album, Zii Zie, was released in 2009. The concert in Byblos will take place at 08:00 pm (Beirut time).<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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