Thiago Amud is a Brazilian songwriter, arranger, singer and - TopicsExpress

Thiago Amud is a Brazilian songwriter, arranger, singer and guitarist. He is a frequent co-writer with Brazilian songmasters Guinga and Francis Hime, and has had some of his songs interpreted by legends such as Milton Nascimento and Alcione, among others. The poetic rigor of his lyrics, the unpredictability of his tunes and harmonies, the way he combines several Brazilian rhythms and a kind of cinematic character of his arrangements have drawn the attention of the critics to his work. His second album “De ponta a ponta tudo é praia palma” was hailed, in a full cover page story in the cultural supplement of Rio’s main newspaper (O Globo) as a prodigy, “defying established truths, such as the one that you can no longer be ambitious in popular music”. It was elected by the same newspaper as one of the top ten best albums of the year. North American press has also been acknowledging Amud’s innovative songwriting. On last January’s piece about the Brazilian Explorative Music showcase, NY Times’ Jon Pareles took an impressed note of his lyrics, “full of absurdist juxtapositions and brutal imagery”. “His guitar playing”, he said, “was a thorny counterpoint to his voice, and his songs kept shifting meter, jumping in and out of typical dance rhythms. He’s a clandestine radical.”