Fernanda Guimarães

New MPB (Nova Música Popular Brasileira in English usage) is a 2010s–2020s wave that refreshes classic MPB’s songwriting craft with indie, R&B, hip‑hop, and electronic production. It keeps the genre’s hallmark: sophisticated harmony, intimate vocals, and poetry‑forward lyrics in Portuguese. Sonically, you’ll hear nylon‑string guitars and Rhodes pianos beside drum machines, 808s, and warm synths. Rhythms nod to samba, bossa nova, baião, and funk carioca while embracing modern pop swing and hip‑hop backbeats. The result is stylish, urban, and contemporary—romantic and reflective, yet danceable and groove‑savvy.

Musica alagoana refers to the diverse popular and traditional music made in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. It blends coastal and sertão (backlands) sound-worlds: the call-and-response and handclap drive of coco de roda, the accordion-led grooves of forró and baião, and the colorful pageantry rhythms of maracatu and pastoril, alongside samba, choro, and later MPB- and jazz-inflected songwriting. From the late 20th century onward, Alagoas also cultivated a cosmopolitan side: sophisticated MPB songcraft, adventurous jazz, rock and indie scenes in Maceió, and hip hop that narrates local urban life. The result is a hybrid regional identity—deeply Northeastern in pulse and poetry, yet open to modern harmony, studio craft, and global influences.