Caetano Veloso

NPR | By Fred Child

Published December 7, 2002 at 7:00 PM HST

NPR's Fred Child profiles Brazilian singer, songwriter and legendary political activist Caetano Veloso. His autobiography Tropical Truth has just been released, as has a new 2-CD set, Live in Bahia.

Fred Child

Fred Child is a commentator for NPR and the host of American Public Media's Performance Today.

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