Skowa
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Skowa
| image = Trio Mocotó.jpg
| caption = Skowa (third, from left to right) playing with Trio Mocotó in 2012
| image_size =
| birth_name = Marco Antônio Gonçalves dos Santos
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1955|12|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|6|13|1955|12|13|mf=y}}
| death_place = Botucatu, Brazil
| instrument = Vocals, classical guitar
| genre = Soul music, funk, samba rock, popular music
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, guitarist
| years_active = 1975–2024
| label =
| associated_acts = Sossega Leão, Premê, Skowa e a Máfia, Itamar Assumpção, Trio Mocotó, Maurício Pereira
| website = http://clubecaiubi.ning.com/profile/Skowa
}}
Marco Antônio Gonçalves dos Santos (December 13, 1955 – June 13, 2024), better known as Skowa, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician.
Biography
Skowa was born in São Paulo, on December 13, 1955; his stage name is an allusion to the Portuguese-language word for "brush", "escova", referencing his iconic afro hairstyle. As a teenager he learned how to play the classical guitar, and began to play professionally in 1975, when he would join the rock bands Sossega Leão and Premê (at the time known as "Premeditando o Breque").
In the early 1980s he collaborated with Itamar Assumpção and the new wave band Gang 90 e as Absurdettes. In 1984 he hosted two radio programs for the USP FM, Caribe 38 and Rapazes da Banda, the latter one being a talk show.
In 1987 he founded the influential soul band Skowa e a Máfia, which released two albums before disbanding in 1991 and reuniting in 2006.[http://blogdobaratta.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/skowa-e-mafia-um-show-eletrizante.html Skowa e a Máfia – Um show eletrizante!] {{in lang|pt}} Skowa also took part in the 1989 tribute album to Arnaldo Baptista Sanguinho Novo... Arnaldo Baptista Revisitado, in which he covered the song "É Fácil".
As of 2003 Skowa was part of the samba rock trio Trio Mocotó, replacing founding member Fritz Escovão.[http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u38079.shtml Trio Mocotó troca Escovão por Skowa] {{in lang|pt}} He died following a cardiac arrest on June 13, 2024, at the age of 68.[https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/noticia/2024/06/14/morre-skowa-aos-68-anos-do-trio-mocoto-em-sao-paulo.ghtml Morre Skowa, aos 68 anos, do Trio Mocotó, em São Paulo] {{in lang|pt}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://clubecaiubi.ning.com/profile/Skowa}}
- {{imdb name|1912481}}
- {{discogs artist|Skowa}}
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skowa/182933235078435?fref=ts Skowa] on Facebook
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Category:21st-century Brazilian male singers
Category:21st-century Brazilian singers
Category:20th-century Brazilian male singers
Category:20th-century Brazilian singers
Category:Brazilian male guitarists
Category:Musicians from São Paulo
Category:Afro-Brazilian male singer-songwriters
Category:Brazilian male singer-songwriters
Category:20th-century singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century singer-songwriters
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