Caetano Veloso

Brazil, 1965–now

Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1942). With Gilberto Gil he made Tropicalia, which set bossa nova against electric guitars and pop collage; the dictatorship jailed and then exiled him to London, and he came back the central figure of Brazilian popular music.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Caetano Veloso and 0 artists Caetano Veloso influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Caetano Veloso?

• Joao Gilberto — Bossa nova as Joao Gilberto made it is the ground Tropicalia stands on and argues with.
• The Beatles — The Beatles' studio collage is what Veloso and Gil set against bossa nova to make Tropicalia.