Arlindo Cruz

Arlindo Domingos da Cruz Filho, or just Arlindo Cruz, is one of the great names in the world of samba and pagode. Talented, he is a singer, composer and instrumentalist. Arlindo Cruz was born in Rio de Janeiro on September 14, 1958. Born in Madureira, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Arlindo Cruz is the son of Arlindão Cruz, an amateur musician who always promoted several samba circles at home, and Aracy da Cruz . Arlindo had an older brother, Acyr Marques Cruz, who was also a musician (and died in April 2019). At the age of 6, little Arlindo Cruz received a cavaquinho from his father, his first teacher. On that occasion, he already felt his interest in music awaken.