Dandara's singing career began in her home town, Salvador, Bahia,
considered the soul and heartbeat of Brazil. Her deep, spicy singing voice
and her vibrant dance and performance style makes her a a sensation on
stage. Her exceptional voice and her contagious way of moving, dancing
and jumping on the stage, has led her to be called the "Brazilian Tina
Turner." Inspired by the richness and sensuous swing of Bahia's rhythms,
she has been able to create a mixture of many sources involving rhythms
from the Caribbean, Africa, and Cuba. No one can stand still during her
performances!!
Dandara has traveled all over Brazil singing on top of "Trio Electricos"
during Carnaval and in concert halls from São Paulo to Rio. She was the
featured vocalist for "Banda Relogio" with whom she recorded two cds. In
1997 a Salvador radio station and the "A Tarde" Newspaper chose
Dandára as the "Nova Revelação" singer and winner of the Dodo and
Osmar Award for the best new star of Axé Music. Dandára has shared the
stage with the great names of Bahian Carnaval: Carlinhos Brown, Chiclete
com Banana, Ivete Sangalo, Banda Eva, Ilê Aiyê and Olodum. She was
invited by Claude Nabis, producer of the Montreaux Festival in
Switzerland, to be part of the Brazilian Night in the festival. Along with
Gilberto Gil and Jorge Ben Jor, Dandára brought the crowd to their feet
and had them singing and dancing in the aisles throughout the evening.
From Montreaux, they went to Paris, London, Lyon and Geneva.
considered the soul and heartbeat of Brazil. Her deep, spicy singing voice
and her vibrant dance and performance style makes her a a sensation on
stage. Her exceptional voice and her contagious way of moving, dancing
and jumping on the stage, has led her to be called the "Brazilian Tina
Turner." Inspired by the richness and sensuous swing of Bahia's rhythms,
she has been able to create a mixture of many sources involving rhythms
from the Caribbean, Africa, and Cuba. No one can stand still during her
performances!!
Dandara has traveled all over Brazil singing on top of "Trio Electricos"
during Carnaval and in concert halls from São Paulo to Rio. She was the
featured vocalist for "Banda Relogio" with whom she recorded two cds. In
1997 a Salvador radio station and the "A Tarde" Newspaper chose
Dandára as the "Nova Revelação" singer and winner of the Dodo and
Osmar Award for the best new star of Axé Music. Dandára has shared the
stage with the great names of Bahian Carnaval: Carlinhos Brown, Chiclete
com Banana, Ivete Sangalo, Banda Eva, Ilê Aiyê and Olodum. She was
invited by Claude Nabis, producer of the Montreaux Festival in
Switzerland, to be part of the Brazilian Night in the festival. Along with
Gilberto Gil and Jorge Ben Jor, Dandára brought the crowd to their feet
and had them singing and dancing in the aisles throughout the evening.
From Montreaux, they went to Paris, London, Lyon and Geneva.
| Brazilian Flavor featuring Bahia's... Dandara @ 6:30pm Sunday May. 25 |
