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Alexandra Nícolas is a fellow singer from Maranhão, passionately devoted to Brazilian music and its playfulness. When we listen to her album "Feita na Pimenta", we go back to a time of cheerfulness and tenderness of popular music, as if we were hearing the speakers of a village fair lost in our memory.

And Alexandra leads the party, she's all cheerfulness in this celebration of our most authentic music.

When I met Alexandra, I imediately perceived her grace, her manneurisms e her Brazilianness, how much she is the face of the Northeast and how much she represents this culture and made herself its spokesperson. Now, she's out there showing the power of our land. Now, I arrive in her city and see what she created with this tiny key I gave her. This is a super production, a serious show, well-conceived, worthy of the first world, and I'm greatly pleased to see people treating Brazil and its music in the way it deserves to be treated.

Alexandra is a great singer. Music from Northeastern Brazil requires great skill to be sung. She's got that in abundance.

It took Alexandra 20 years to record her first album — and it wasn't just any record. "Festejos" celebrated the feminine universe, from a playlist of Rio de Janeiro composer Paulo Cesar Pinheiro. She already had her Northeastern accent. After all, she was born in São Luis, Maranhão, started singing at the age of 12 and during her teen years already led teen group Hocus Pocus. "Cuddle" is the keyword of the album because of its sensual and inviting lyrics.

Alexandra is an artist for any stage in any country. She is a treasure offered to any public. I usually say that I give a maximum of five minutes (and that's already a lot) for whoever is on stage to prove me that she knows what she's doing, knows what she wants, that it's her and nobody else who is on stage, that doesn't make us remember anyone, because of how high and personal her artistic line.

Alexandra Nícolas is such an example.

She is enchanting throughout her presentation. It's an unforgettable artistic and existential experience for whoever gets to watch her perform.

With a foot on the ground, Alexandra cheerfully sings samba, with a song list that celebrates the cultural and social richness of a country that can't be summarized.