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The Jazzy Side of Rock Guitarist Kiko Loureiro is a modern musician who knows what’s happening in today’s music world. His personal website is more than informative: he backs it up with a page at the very popular “MySpace,” … Continued
Also Making It the Acoustic Way When Lenine was asked by MTV to participate in their unplugged series, he decided to make something special of it by inviting some less obvious guests from all over the world. Of course … Continued
Showing Her Face Sooner or later every musician seems to present himself or herself on a live recorded DVD/CD. Usually those discs are entertaining alternatives to enjoy these musicians’ music. But sometimes they’re more than that and then they … Continued
The Voice of the Lap Steel Guitar Christiaan Oyens is a world-citizen in all aspects. He was born with Dutch and a little Russian blood in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo (1964). When he was only a few months old, the family moved … Continued
Concert Review Celso Fonseca (1956, Rio de Janeiro) definitely is among the most demanded guitarists in Brazilian music. He has worked with numerous of Brazil’s stars, like Gal Costa, Simone, Milton Nascimento, Djavan, Caetano Veloso, Rita Lee, Marisa Monte, … Continued
Seducing New York It’s a rare occasion when one of Brazil’s most famous divas performs in a small club. Such an occasion took place earlier this year (May 16 – 21, 2006) in New York City’s renowned Blue Note … Continued
Taking the Solo Spot There won’t be too many Brazilian singers who never experienced the comfort of having Cecilia Spyer in their backing vocals. It’s amazing if you take a look at the list of stars this singer from … Continued
Concert on October 22, 2006 Zuiderpershuis Antwerp, Belgium When the announcement was made that Ceumar would tour through Holland and Belgium with a trio of Dutch musicians, I was pleasantly surprised and curious too. Ceumar is a musician with a … Continued
Touring Europe Brussels, Belgium September 23, 2006 All photos ©2006 Kees Schoof With the release of her two cds (the samba influenced Universo ao Meu Redor and the pop influenced Infinito Particular), Marisa Monte quickly decided to do some serious … Continued
Discovered Again Among the most legendary names in Brazilian music, the name of Luiz Floriano Bonfá certainly deserves a special place. The guitarist/composer from Rio de Janeiro (born October 17, 1922) mainly made his name in the samba-canção and … Continued
Keeping Up The Good Work Sometimes things go as they have to go. When in 2005 Ceumar performed Dante Ozzetti’s composition “Achou!” during the Festival da TV Cultura, the most logical continuation was the release of a cd by the … Continued
À Deriva is a São Paulo jazz quartet that showcases its original compositions with strong musicality and good doses of improvisation. The quartet is formed by Rui Barossi (bass), Daniel Müller (piano, accordion), Guilherme Marques (drums, percussion) and Beto Sporleder (saxophones … Continued
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