Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer – and others – from oblivion
Born in Paraíba, a state in Brazil’s poor northeast region, 77-year-old de França’s blend of psychedelic rock with traditional rhythms and modernist poetry long went overlooked, even as she toured the nation in the 1970s and ‘80s.
During the pandemic, she retreated to a conservation area in the mountains above , “wher