Taking the measure of Marisa Monte can be tricky in North American contexts. She’s occupied a singular space in the teaming world of Brazilian music for some three decades as a vocalist and songwriter who’s steeped in traditional idioms and insistently innovative, both cutting edge and a bona fide pop superstar. It’s a dual status she attained first as a solo artist and then with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes in Tribalistas.
Marisa Monte, UC Theatre, Oct. 21-22, $63-$103
Picking up the mantle of predecessors like…
