Marília Mendonça’s lyrics carry a vivid sense of history drawn from Brazil’s pastoral heartland of Goiânia, where the late sertanejo singer was raised. Combined with her instinct for illustrating the sweetness and sorrow of romantic entanglements, these soulful roots give her love songs a nostalgic edge of candid beauty. Gilded by her gorgeous vocals, each one is a story to be savoured.