Marco Antônio Gonçalves dos Santos (born December 13, 1955), better known as Skowa, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician.
Biography
Skowa was born in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, on December 13, 1955; his stage name is an allusion to the
Portuguese-language word for "
brush
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", "escova", referencing his iconic
afro hairstyle. As a teenager he learned how to play the classical guitar, and began to play professionally in 1975, when he would join the rock bands
Sossega Leão and
Premê (at the time known as "Premeditando o Breque").
In the early 1980s he collaborated with
Itamar Assumpção
Itamar Assumpção (September 13, 1949 – June 12, 2003) was a Brazilian songwriter and composer who was born in Tietê, a city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Assumpção built a strong reputation in the Brazilian independent and alternat ...
and the
new wave band
Gang 90 e as Absurdettes
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. In 1984 he hosted two radio programs for the
USP FM, ''Caribe 38'' and ''Rapazes da Banda'', the latter one being a talk show.
In 1987 he founded the influential
soul
In many religious and philosophical traditions, there is a belief that a soul is "the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being".
Etymology
The Modern English noun ''soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest attes ...
band
Skowa e a Máfia, which released two albums before disbanding in 1991 and reuniting in 2006. Skowa also took part in the 1989 tribute album to
Arnaldo Baptista
Arnaldo Dias Baptista (, born July 6, 1948) is a Brazilian rock musician and composer.
Biography
Born to pianist, Clarisse Leite, and poet, César Dias Baptista, Baptista studied classical piano from 1955 to 1959, double bass from 1962 to 1 ...
''
Sanguinho Novo... Arnaldo Baptista Revisitado'', in which he covered the song "É Fácil".
Since 2003 Skowa is part of the
samba rock trio
Trio Mocotó
Trio Mocotó is a Brazilian band, originally formed in 1968 in the Jogral nightclub in São Paulo, and reformed in 2000. The group was influential in forming the musical style that became known as samba rock or sambalanço. In 1969, they were ba ...
, replacing founding member Fritz Escovão.
Trio Mocotó troca Escovão por Skowa
References
External links
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Skowa
on Facebook
1955 births
Living people
21st-century Brazilian male singers
21st-century Brazilian singers
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian male guitarists
Musicians from São Paulo
Afro-Brazilian male songer-songwriters
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