Artist: Virginia Rodrigues

Title: Sol Negro

Label: Hannibal

Format: Full length compact disc

Disc condition: Like New

Container condition: New

UPC: 031257142526

Comments: Virginia Rodrigues was born on March 31, 1964. She had started her career by singing in both Catholic and Protestant church choirs. In 1997, she was invited by the director Mrcio Meirelles to attend Pel Bye Bye. There she was discovered by Caetano Veloso. The first album Sol Negro (1997) was produced by Celso Fonseca and had arrangements by Eduardo Souto Neto. It was released on the Rykodisc label and was well received in the United States and Europe. The Times of London described Rodrigues as "... The new diva of Brazilian music". The album also received good reviews in Le Monde and the magazine Rolling Stone.