Adriana da Cunha Calcanhotto (* 3. Oktober 1965 in Porto Alegre) brasilianische Sängerin.

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Als Tochter eines Jazzschlagzeugers und einer Tänzerin wurde ihr Lebensweg schon früh
künstlerisch geprägt. Mit 6 Jahren beginnt sie Gitarre zu spielen und später auch zu singen.

Musikalisch wurde sie von der MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) geprägt, literarisch vom
brasilianischen Modernismus. Beeinflusst wurde sie u.a. von Mário de Andrade und Tarsila do Amaral.

Ihre künstlerische Laufbahn begann als Sängerin in Kneipen und als Theaterschauspielerin,
später trat sie in ganz Brasilien als Liedermacherin auf. Gleich mit ihrer ersten Platte fiel sie auf,
sie gewann 1991 den Prêmio Sharp als weibliche Entdeckung. Die meisten Stücke schreibt und
produziert sie selber, sie hat aber auch schon Lieder von Dorival Caymmi und Caetano Veloso interpretiert.

Diskografie
Enguiço (1990)
Senhas (1992)
A fábrica do poema (1994)
Maritmo (1998)
Público (2000)
Cantada (2002)
Adriana Partimpim (2004)
Adriana Partimpim – O Show (2005)
Maré (2008)

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Adriana+Calcanhotto&search=Suchen

Adriana Calcanhotto - Fico Assim sem Você http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zf5cAFJl8
Água Perrier - Adriana Calcanhotto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2nliGzn2ow

RACCOMANDATA CON RICEVUTA DI RITORNO (often shortened to RRR) formed in Rome, making their live debut in 1972. Like so many progressive bands in Italy in the seventies, they released one album and split up until an unexpected reformation in 2010.

Vocalist/guitarist, Luciano Regoli had played with IL RITRATTO DI DORIAN GRAY, and drummer Francesco "Froggio" Francica and flute/sax player Damaso Grassi spent some time in PANNA FREDDA. Their live debut was at the Villa Pamphili pop festival, and they became regulars on the festival circuit between 1972 and 73 until splitting up due to little interest in their album, "Per... Un Mondo Di Cristallo." Regoli and guitarist Nanni Civitenga then helped form SAMADHI. Francica, Grassi and keyboardist Stefano Piermarioli--without bassist Manlio Zacchia--recruited additional players (Roberto Gardin on guitar, Gianni Colaiacono on bass, Massimo Balla on sax and Mandrake playing percussion) and continued a while longer using the band name in a more jazz orientated direction. Unfortunately there is no recorded output of this line up. Francica would also play on "Fiaba," the second album from PROCESSION and later with KALEIDON. Regoli was later to drop out of music and became an artist.

"Per... Un Mondo Di Cristallo" was released in 1972 and like many great RPI albums drew its sound from many contrasting styles. This includes hard rock, jazz, classical, melodic pastoral and even eastern influences. There is a generous usage of flute, sax, keyboard (especially organ), and acoustic and electric guitar. Both the music and the subject matter (an astronaut who returns after a long voyage, discouraged by the horrible earthly scenes he observes from a cliff) call to mind the more adventurous RPI bands such as OSANNA, SEMIRAMIS and IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO, although not quite to their level in either quality or edginess. Still, this album is certainly one of the essential albums that should be found in any RPI collection.

In 2010 RRR unexpectedly reformed and released the acclaimed album "Il Pittore Volante." Musically it contains many of the musical elements that made their debut but with a more refined sound and some of the wilder elements smoothed over for a more accessible sound to a large extent. Joining Regoli, Civitenga and Gardin is drummer Walter Martino (IL RITRATTO DI DORIAN GRAY, GOBLIN and LIBRA). Some RPI heavyweight guests also appear, including Claudio Simonetti (GOBLIN) and Lino Vairetti (OSANNA).