Son of music, from Bahia and Dona Estela, Saulo was born on September 9, 1977 in the city of Barreiras, in the interior of Bahia. Due to the influence of his maternal family, he became acquainted with music at an early age. At the age of 10, thanks to the encouragement of his uncle Bosco Fernandes, Saulo made his first participation in a public performance, in an electric trio in the city of Barreiras (BA). At 14, he recorded his first album in LP format. At the age of 18, living in Vitória (ES), he created the band Mukeka and began to gain experience pulling blocks in an electric trio for the first time. Soon after, he returned to Bahia full of inspiration and set up Banda Chica Fé, with which he recorded the CD “Querer” and commanded his first Carnival in Bahia, in 2001.
With his work increasingly recognized, Saulo was invited in 2002 to lead the traditional Banda Eva. He took the musicians of the old band with him, imprinting his identity on each new work. With charisma and talent, he won not only Eva fans, but also thousands of new fans across the country.
After eleven years, six CDs, three DVDs recorded, winning the awards for Best Singer for the second consecutive Carnival and the Brazilian Music Award in the Popular Song – Group category, for the double album CNRT, Saulo says goodbye to Eva with an emotional tribute orchestrated by fans on the last day of the Bahian carnival revelry. Shirts and posters with the singer’s name and the words: “Following in his footsteps wherever he goes”, take over the Avenue and serve as fuel for a new stage.
In a solo career, with the musicians and friends who have been with him since Chica Fé, Saulo begins another chapter in his history. With tickets sold out, the recording of the first DVD “Saulo ao Vivo” took place on the 6th and 7th of April 2013, at the Concha Acústica do Teatro Castro Alves, in Salvador (BA), with the participation of Ivete Sangalo, Alexandre Carlo ( Natiruts) and Davi Moraes.
In 2014, Tourê Saulo ao Vivo continues on the road passing through several cities in Brazil. In parallel, Saulo starts the project ‘Canto da Rua’, with production and realization of Rua 15 Produções, with the objective of bringing quality music for free to the population, honoring artists and rhythms from Bahia. The project has several cultural interventions and the participation of social projects in the city, adding entertainment and awareness of sustainability with actions that permeate the before, during and after each of the presentations. ‘Canto da Rua’ had three editions in 2014 with tributes to the centenary of Dorival Caymmi, Reggae da Bahia and Samba da Bahia, all editions took place at Parque da Cidade, in Salvador (BA).
2015 began with the second edition of the project ‘Canto da Rua’, honoring the Bahian rocker Raul Seixas and the vocal trio Os Tincoãs. This year also marks the release of Saulo’s second solo album, called ‘Baiuno’. With musical production by Munir Hossn and Marcelus Leone, the new work continues to exalt Bahianity with a strong influence of African music.
In 2017, Saulo released his third solo work entitled “O Azul e o Sol”. Produced by musician Adriano Gaiarsa and performed by Rua 15 Produções, “O Azul e o Sol” is a text album and music book. Recorded in Salvador with all the musicality and possibilities of the infinite musical wealth of Bahia.
The songs were born from texts created by Saulo and other different composers. Some names and important references of Bahian musicality toast the public with their participation: Lazzo Matumbi on the track “Ancestral”, Danny Nascimento on the track “Mó”, Luciano Calazans on the tracks “Lábios Vermelhos” and “Ponte, Casa e Flor”, Fábio Rocha in the tracks “A Gente Leve”, “Vida Labirinto” and “Sol em Festa”, Gigi in the track “Mó”, the Skanibais in the track “Mundo da Lua”, Felipe and Gabi Guedes in the track “Ancestral” and the group Muliere in track “Bridge, House and Flower”. In addition to partners and composers: Marcio Mello, Lau, Dom Chicla, Gerônimo, Ênio Taquari, Renan Ribeiro and other musicians in his band.
In 2019, he released his second audiovisual project, entitled “Sol, Lua, Sol” recorded in São Paulo in August 2018. Directed by Chico Kertész and Marcelo Kertész, it featured the participation of Xanddy (“Quatro Acordes”) and Ana Gabriela (“Again”). Mixing tracks from the artist’s third solo album, “O Azul e o Sol”, with reinterpretations and unpublished songs, the show brings together songs that talk about the sun, the moon, the passing of hours, and focuses on the passage of time, creating, through a sound and visual atmosphere, the sensation of the passing of the day.