Joyce (singer)

[2] Archived 18 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine[3] She has since produced 45 more discs and two DVDs, has written nearly 400 songs, and also has four nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards (2000, 2004, 2005 and 2010).

[3][4][5] As a composer, Joyce Moreno has songs recorded by nearly all the greatest names in Música popular brasileira—including Elis Regina, Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa, Milton Nascimento, Edu Lobo and Elizeth Cardoso—and by such foreign artists as Annie Lennox, Omara Portuondo, Claus Ogerman, the Black Eyed Peas, Gerry Mulligan, and Wallace Roney.

Still in the 1980s, she had a first presence on the international circuit, when, replacing guitarist Toquinho, she performed with the poet Vinicius de Moraes on tours throughout Latin America and Europe.

In 2015 she entered the list of honored artists by the Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA, having her work arranged and performed by graduates and presented in a large concert at the university's theater.

As a journalist who graduated in the late '60s, in 1997 Moreno published the book Fotografei Você na Minha Rolleiflex, which brought together stories experienced by the artist behind the scenes of Brazilian popular music.

Soon after publishing her book, she started to create and present television programs for MultiRio, the public TV channel of the City of Rio de Janeiro.

In a report about the release, the Estado de Minas newspaper highlighted: "Manifestations against the dictatorship, travels, festivals, growing musical movements, such as bossa nova and Tropicália, misunderstandings and confusions between artists that would eventually go down in history.

[5] Joyce was married in the early '70s to musician and composer Nelson Angelo, with whom she has two daughters who are also singers, Clara Moreno and Ana Martins.