GAL COSTA
Tropicália queen (1945-2022)
WHEN Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso were exiled by Brazil’s military dictatorship at the turn of the ’70s, it was left to Gal Costa to keep their message of resistance alive. A remarkably emotive singer, capable of both luminous grace and burning intensity, Costa regularly performed their work back home, an act of defiance that consolidated her status as one of Brazil’s most vital creative talents.