Valucha deCastro

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Name = Valucha deCastro


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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date|1930|10|09|mf=y
Died = Death date and age|2007|2|12|1930|10|10
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Instrument = voice and guitar
Genre = Folk, Brazilian music
Occupation = songwriter, music teacher
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Valucha deCastro (October 9 1930 – February 12, 2007) was a Brazilian-born singer, songwriter and artist. Born in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, she grew up in Rio de Janeiro. [http://www.legacy.com/chicagotribune/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=86865816 Chicago Tribune] - Obituary, Valucha deCastro.] she was one of the first students of Chicago, Illinois's Old Town School of Folk Music and later a teacher of Brazilian folk music there. She recorded an album with the Old Town School's Frank Hamilton titled "The World of Frank & Valucha" in 1962. [ [http://www.stillrecords.com/cgi-bin/awstats/catalogue/short.pl?250&50&af&browse& Phillips Records - Frank and Valucha] ] . During the 1970s and 1980s she toured the United States performing Brazilian folk music. Later in her life she became a painter, living in Russia and China. She died at her home in Washington, D.C. of liver disease in 2007.

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