Joyce Moreno

Joyce Moreno at EartH

Joyce Moreno, born in Rio de Janeiro, is a singer, composer, arranger and instrumentalist who has been active since 1968 and works between bossa nova and música popular brasileira. Her debut self-titled album appeared on the EMI label in the same year she began recording. The material accompanying this evening notes that she has written over 400 recordings of her songs, interpreted by artists such as Elis Regina, Gal Costa and Milton Nascimento, and that her work has also been recorded by Annie Lennox, Flora Purim and Gerry Mulligan.

Her compositions have featured in film soundtracks, including The Player and Legally Blonde, and in the Japanese anime Wolf's Rain, made with composer Yoko Kanno. In the early 1990s her music found an audience among DJs, beginning in London, and her track Aldeia de Ogum became a widely played dancefloor hit with several remixes. Her songs are noted for the first-person feminine voice she pioneered as a Brazilian songwriter.

The concert takes place at EartH, which hosts concerts and shows in London. Joyce Moreno has been nominated four times for the Latin Grammy, in 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2010, and has released 39 solo CDs and two DVDs.