Artist Name
Helena Meirelles

heart icon off (0 users)
Logo
transparent

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 30%

Members
members icon 1 Female

Origin
flag Batagassou, Brésil

Genre
---

Style
---

Mood
---

Born

born icon 1924

Active
calendar icon 0 to dead icon 2005

Cutout
transparent

heart icon Most Loved Tracks
4 users heart off Helena Meirelles - Guaxo
4 users heart off Helena Meirelles - Chalana
4 users heart off Helena Meirelles - Me pega por favor
4 users heart off Helena Meirelles - Merceditas
4 users heart off Helena Meirelles - Araponga


youtube icon Music Video Links
No Music Videos Found...



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
Helena was born in a farm in Mato Grosso do Sul (Central West) and grew up surrounded by cowboys and guitarists. She was fascinated by the viola caipira (small acoustic guitar tytpical of the Brazilian countryside), but her family wouldn’t allow her to play, which she ended up doing anyway, undercover. She slowly became famous among the cowboys. She married upon her parents’ imposition at 17, then she abandoned her husband and started living with a man from Paraguay who played the guitar and the violin. She split aonce again and resolved to spend her life as a musician, leaving behind her kids from the two marriages and hitting the road, until meeting her third husband, with whom she’s been together for over 35 years, now. After fading for more than 30 years, she was very ill when finally discovered by her sister, who took her to São Paulo. There, she was "discovered" by the media after being hyped by American magazine Guitar Player. She debuted on a stage at age 67 and began making records. In 1993, she was placed among the "best 100" guitarists by Guitar Player for her performance on the 6, 8, 10 and 12-string guitars. .
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart
transparent icon
transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
transparent icon

User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by Musicofix
06th Jan 2015

Socials


Streaming


External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon unlocked iconamazon icon