Maria Bethânia

Caetano Veloso's younger sister and a member of the Bahian circle in Salvador, Maria Bethânia made her name in Rio with a dramatic, declamatory delivery distinct from the Tropicalist palette. Her 1965 debut and rising stardom drew the wider family of Bahian artists toward national attention. She remained close to the movement's people while charting her own intense, song-as-theater path.