(1-12 of 12 song lyrics)Average rating for Guinga songs is 7.63/10 [154 votes]. Selected popular Guinga song of Sunday, December 22 2024 is "Abluesado".
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Guinga (Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar) (born June 10, 1950) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro.Pale skinnned as a little boy, he was called "Gringo" by family members. Repeating the nickname, the child said "Guinga," which would become his artistic name.His uncle taught him to play the guitar when he was eleven years old. Guinga began composing music at the age of 14. In 1967, when he was 17, his song “Sou Só Solidão” reached the first eliminatory round in TV Globo’s second Festival Internacional da Canção (International Festival of Song). At the age of 26, he began his five-year classical guitar studies with Jodacil Damasceno.Dur... read more