Juliana Linhares, born in Natal (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), is a singer, songwriter, and actress, known for her work with long-standing bands such as Pietá (since 2012) and Iara Ira.
In 2021, she embarked on her solo career with the album Nordeste Ficção, featuring artistic direction by Marcus Preto and musical production by Elísio Freitas. Conceived as a theatrical script, an autofiction novel, and a cinematic docudrama, the 11-track album delivers irresistible beauty and joy, evoking the classic LPs of Amelinha, Elba Ramalho, Cátia de França, Terezinha de Jesus, and other artists from the northeastern Brazilian generation of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The work also channels the melodic and poetic grandeur of composers like Alceu Valença, Ednardo, Fagner, Belchior, and Zé Ramalho, while dialoguing with their musical heirs of the 1990s, including Chico César, Zeca Baleiro, Rita Ribeiro, and Lenine.
Live, Nordeste Ficção delivers the impact of a record already destined to be a classic of Brazilian music. In her debut solo album, Juliana Linhares redefines the Brazilian northeast, challenging stereotypes with her voice — at once sweet and commanding — and her incisive poetic expression. Performative, intense, and amplified by the dramatic narratives she sings, Juliana offers a breathtaking vocal and musical range that transforms each concert into a unique storytelling experience.
Following standout performances at MIMO Festival and FESTA Ovar, she prepares the release of her new album and accompanying tour. In 2026, Juliana presents Até Cansar o Cansaço, an intense and ritualistic concert blending music, poetry, and dreamscapes. The show invites audiences to dance, sing, and imagine possible futures. This album marks a new stage in her artistic journey and serves as a poetic response to the collective exhaustion of our times. Inspired by dialogues with neuroscientist Sidarta Ribeiro, the work delves into dreams as a space for resistance, reinvention, and imagination, where body, art, and culture converge.
On stage, these songs unfold as a vibrant, ritualistic, and deeply sensory experience. Juliana guides the audience through a cathartic performance that calls for singing, dancing, and listening as acts of communion. The repertoire includes collaborations with artists such as Juliano Holanda, PC Silva, and Khrystal, as well as live reinterpretations of classics by Raul Seixas, central to the dialogue between the real and the imaginary, past and future. More than a concert, Até Cansar o Cansaço offers a collective experience of enchantment — an invitation to slow down, feel, and recover the ability to dream. The album is scheduled for release in March 2026, with the European tour taking place in June and July.
PRESS QUOTE
“[…] she does not perform. She tensions. She does not represent a place; she represents the vibration of the ground she walked on. Her presence on stage is not a performance. It is displacement. It is frivião — that untranslatable word that burns in the body even before it becomes music.”
Agência Saber Mais
“Juliana Linhares’ incandescent stage presence […] evoked the rugged figure of Elba Ramalho in the minds of some audience members during the premiere of the show ‘Nordeste Ficção’.”
Mauro Ferreira, Pop e Arte, G1
“The Northeast as a woman, Northeast as a cactus, the heat, the politics, forró, lambada, bolero, xote, frevo, electric guitar, and accordion. All of it fits entirely into Juliana Linhares’ debut solo album.”
O Globo (Brazil)