Nelson Motta

Nelson Motta
Background information
Birth name	Nelson Cândido Motta Filho
Born	(1944-10-29) October 29, 1944 (age 80) São Paulo, Brazil
Genres	Brazilian rock, MPB
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, journalist, writer, and record producer
Years active	1964-present

Nelson Cândido Motta Filho (born 29 October 1944, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian journalist, ghostwriter, songwriter, writer, and record producer.

He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos, Rita Lee, Djavan and others, and producer for several MPB artists, such as Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Daniela Mercury and others.[1] He was Marisa Monte's first music producer in the late 1980s. Motta also produced early Brazilian rock shows and wrote lyrics in collaboration with rock artists, such as Lulu Santos.^[citation needed]

He produced Riû, the third album of the Portuguese fado singer Cuca Roseta, released in 2015.[2]

References

1. Profile Archived 2007-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, dicionariompb.com.br; accessed 22 January 2018.
2. Marco, Luis Miguel (2017-01-08). "Cuca Roseta, la novia del fado". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2020-08-30.