Siba (singer)

Sérgio Roberto Veloso de Oliveira (born Recife, 16 February 1969), known as Siba, is a popular Brazilian folk-rock singer and songwriter.[1] Sergio Veloso, or Siba, founded the band Mestre Ambrósio which was popular in the 1990s. After 2000 he turned to folk music with the band Fuloresta, backed by traditional brass musicians, and then in the late 2000s to experimental and electric music with Avante (2012). In 2015 Siba returned to more political themes with De Baile Solto.[2] His album Coruja Muda was considered one of the 25 best Brazilian albums of the second half of 2019 by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics.[3]

  1. ^ Siba. Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira
  2. ^ Siba retorna às raízes em De Baile Solto, disco político cheio de crítica social
  3. ^ Antunes, Pedro (7 December 2019). "Os 25 melhores discos brasileiros do 2º semestre de 2019, segundo a APCA [LISTA]". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Grupo Perfil. Retrieved 3 January 2021.