Olivia Byington

Olivia Maria Lustosa Byington (born December 24, 1958) is a Brazilian MPB and rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and writer from Rio de Janeiro. Byington began playing guitar at age eight and performed as a vocalist for the rock band Antena Coletiva alongside Jaques Morelenbaum in the late 1970s. In 1978, she released her debut album, Corra o Risco, with the group Barca do Sol. Her 1979 single, “Lady Jane”, reached Number 1 on the charts. Byington released the albums Anjo Vadio (1980) and Identidad (1982), the latter recorded in Cuba at the invitation of Silvio Rodríguez. She collaborated with musicians including Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque, Edu Lobo, Djavan, and João Carlos de Assis Brasil. Byington performed at the Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon (1994) and the Centro Cultural de Belém (1995). Her later discography included A Dama do Encantado (1997) and the self-titled album Olivia Byington (2007). In 2016, she published the book O que é que ele tem.