She believes in UFO's, sang Xuxa-songs on stage and has one of the most beautiful voices in today's music scene. Ana Cláudia Lomelino Gonçalves, better known as Mãeana (39), began her career as lead singer of the marvelous band Tono, released her debut album Mãeana, in 2015, featuring unreleased compositions by Caetano Veloso and Adriana Calcanhotto. In 2021 she launched Mãeana 2, yet it was with her most recent project, Mãeana canta JG (2024), that she made her name.

From Sunday barbecues to radio stations up to gym playlists or pressing the play button at home to sing out loud while cleaning or just to dance closely together: Mãeana sing JG** provides you with the perfect soundtrack for every moment!

Her first gigs were at Casa da Mãe, an alternative venue in Salvador's Rio Vermelho, where Mãeana sang alongside Bem Gil, João Gomes and João Gilberto. She created what she calls “Pisa Nova” altering and merging different Brazilian Music styles together: She skimmed the jazz influence from Bossa Nova moving it closer to bolero and married it with the classic beat from Piseiro where natural sounds from the skin of the drum and the “vassourinha” were blended in. 

Even though these two Joãos are 70 years apart, they have quite similar roots. The Bossa Nova idol was born in Juazeiro, Bahia, while the Pisadinha star was born in Serrita and raised in Petrolina Pernambuco. The two cities face each other and are separated by the holy waters of the “São Francisco” river. While one sang softly, the other surprised with his deep voice. One brought sophistication and minimalism, while the other was characterized by energy and a fast beat.

It was by bringing together two apparently distant universes that Mãeana found her Spotify audience growing exponentially, jumping from 40,000 to more than 800,000 monthly listeners. Her concerts are all sold-out and she is a guaranteed headliner at various music festivals.

By marrying the cultured and the popular, sophistication and the mundane, the singer proves that Brazilian music is a fertile ground for exploration and authentic expression. Pisa Nova has drawn a broad audience and crossed boundaries, showing that cultural and time-related differences can, in fact, co-exist, complement each other and make people sing and dance together.