Chico Buarque De Hollanda - Gilberto Gil

Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil are Brazilian singer-songwriters and central figures in MPB and related movements. They wrote and performed politically charged songs such as "Cálice" and experienced censorship and repression under Brazil's military regime.

Both artists are prominent figures of Brazilian popular music. They were active and influential from the 1960s onward; their work intersected with censorship and exile during the military dictatorship. "Cálice" is a noted collaboration associated with a 1973 concert moment described in the review, in which censorship actions (including cutting a microphone) occurred.

The review analyses "Cálice" as a paradigmatic political song that masks dissent under metaphor and gospel imagery. It places the song within Brazil's late-1960s/1970s censorship and repression and describes a 1973 concert moment when Chico's microphone was cut. The piece highlights the role of MPB and tropicália artists in resisting the military regime through music.

For:Fans of MPB, students of protest music and Brazilian history, listeners interested in censorship and 1970s Latin American politics.