"Ivone Lara, respectfully known as Dona Ivone Lara, is a samba do morro (samba of the hills) inspired singer and composer. Do not expect the fluid bossa nova here. The real thing in which bossa was based is a percussive kind of music that greatly contrasts with the delicacy of the lyrics, usually chronicling the life of the humble people of the hills, the ending love, the passion for the samba, the amazement at the wonder of life. The typical instrumental, obviously entirely acoustic, comprises the Brazilian seven-string guitar (violão de sete cordas), the cavaquinho , mandolin, and a complete set of the varied samba percussion, with tamborins, reco-recos, ganzás, surdos etc., together with the samba-community feel translated by the vocal ensembles"...
Ivone Lara, or Dona Ivone Lara is one of the prominent ladies of samba, having been the first woman to ever fight gender prejudice in the samba schools. She was the first woman to parade at the ala dos compositores, a masculine ala, becoming then the ala's madrinha. Counting more than 300 compositions written throughout more than 50 years of her career, she is unanimously revered by Dorival Caymmi, Martinho da Vila, Zeca Pagodinho, Gilberto Gill, Hermínio Belo de Carvalho, Beth Carvalho, Fundo de Quintal , and many others. Her songs have been recorded by major artists with great success and have earned her several awards. Some of these songs, such as "Não me Perguntes," "Amor Inesquecível," "Decepção," "Sem Cavaco, Não," "Andei Pra Corimá," "Alvorecer," and "Amor sem Esperanças," achieved great popularity.
Ivone Lara, or Dona Ivone Lara is one of the prominent ladies of samba, having been the first woman to ever fight gender prejudice in the samba schools. She was the first woman to parade at the ala dos compositores, a masculine ala, becoming then the ala's madrinha. Counting more than 300 compositions written throughout more than 50 years of her career, she is unanimously revered by Dorival Caymmi, Martinho da Vila, Zeca Pagodinho, Gilberto Gill, Hermínio Belo de Carvalho, Beth Carvalho, Fundo de Quintal , and many others. Her songs have been recorded by major artists with great success and have earned her several awards. Some of these songs, such as "Não me Perguntes," "Amor Inesquecível," "Decepção," "Sem Cavaco, Não," "Andei Pra Corimá," "Alvorecer," and "Amor sem Esperanças," achieved great popularity.
( Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide )
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