Singer, songwriter, teacher, journalist, and music researcher, Ju\u00e7ara Mar\u00e7al is one of the most respected names in contemporary Brazilian music, with a career spanning over twenty years. At the end of the 90s, she joined the group A Barca and deepened her research on Brazilian folk culture. In 2000, she started exploring Afro-Brazilian culture with composer and guitarist Kiko Dinucci. As a result of this excellent artistic relationship, in 2007, the first record of the two was born: Pad\u00ea, an album considered by many a milestone in contemporary Brazilian music. Later, with saxophonist Thiago Fran\u00e7a, Kiko and Ju\u00e7ara would form Met\u00e1-Met\u00e1, and win a unique place in the history of modern Brazilian music. Alongside Tulipa Ruiz or Rodrigo Campos (Passo Torto), Kiko, Ju\u00e7ara, and Thiago are regularly referred to as the driving forces behind avant-garde music created in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Ju\u00e7ara made her solo debut with the acclaimed Encarnado<\/em>, a record that featured production by friend and colleague Kiko Dinucci, as well as collaboration with violinist Rodrigo Campos. A year later, she would have another collaborative record, Anganga, alongside musician Cadu Ten\u00f3rio.<\/p>\n Seven years after Encarnado<\/em>, Ju\u00e7ara presents Delta Est\u00e1cio Blues<\/em>, again produced by Dinucci and counting with partnerships with names like Tulipa Ruiz, Maria Beraldo, Suba, Rodrigo Campos, and Douglas Germano. Issues such as racism, blackness, femininity, and ancestry are causes of constant struggle for Ju\u00e7ara, now in her 60s and the proud owner of an autonomous and independent career. In Brazil, with Delta Est\u00e1cio Blues, Ju\u00e7ara won record of the year, song of the year (with the track “Crash”), and producer of the year (for Kiko Dinucci) at the Pr\u00e9mio Multishow 2021, one of the highest awards in the country’s music industry.<\/p>\n