Regina Machado

Origin

São Paulo, SP

Years Active

1982

Genres

MPB, popular song

Instruments

voice, acoustic guitar

Biography

Regina Machado is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and professor born in São Paulo on November 5, 1964. A graduate in music from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and holding a PhD in semiotics and linguistics from the University of São Paulo (USP), she has been a faculty member at Unicamp since 2002 in the fields of popular singing and singing in Brazilian popular music, in addition to being the author of books and research on vocal behavior.

Her artistic career began in the 1980s, a period when she worked as a backing vocalist for singer-songwriter Tom Zé and collaborated with various names from the national music scene, such as Gal Costa, Cristovão Bastos, and Marco Pereira. Throughout her career, she has released critically acclaimed albums such as Sobre a Paixão, Pulsar, Agora o Céu Vai Ficando Claro, and Multiplicar-se Única – Canções de Tom Zé, consolidating a repertoire that sensitively moves between popular song and chamber aesthetics.

In addition to her recorded and academic work, Regina Machado has stood out in promoting female musical production, participating in special projects and touring the country alongside artists such as Badi Assad and Lucina. Her ongoing involvement with the dissemination of Brazilian culture has also encompassed the direction of projects such as "Os Caminhos da Canção Brasileira", reaffirming her importance as a researcher, interpreter, and educator of new generations of musicians.

Discography

• Sobre a Paixão (1998)
• Pulsar (2004)
• Agora o Céu Vai Ficando Claro (2010)
• Multiplicar-se Única (Canções de Tom Zé) (2015)
• Canções Guardadas nas Dobras do Tempo (2023)
• Pássaro Futuro (2025)