In her native Brazil, Rosa Passos is known and loved as “a feminine Joao Gilberto.” For a singer/songwriter who carries the soulful cool of bossa…
Artist Profiles: Rosa Passos
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Rubem Dantas
Rubem Dantas was born into a musical family in Salvador de Bahia. His earliest exposure to music was studying piano with his mother. His interest…
Artist Profiles: Revista do Samba
Revista do Samba is based in São Paulo and was formed in 1999. Since then, the trio, with Leticia Coura, Beto Bianchi and Vitor da…
Artist Profiles: Renato Braz
From his birth in 1967, Renato Braz had music in his Sao Paulo home: the romantic boleros and ballads of Roberto Carlos that his mother…
Artist Profiles: Renata Rosa
Musician, singer, poet and researcher Renata Rosa was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1973. She is part of the Maracatu de Baque Solto Estrela…
Artist Profiles: Rabo de Lagartixa
Rabo de Lagartixa (“Tail of the Lizard”) was the acclaimed group acknowledged to be one of the top ensembles of choro novo. Its CD was…
Artist Profiles: Paulo Moura
A legend of Brazilian instrumental music for half a century, clarinet and saxophone virtuoso Paulo Moura was the first Brazilian instrumentalist to be honored with…
Artist Profiles: Paulo Bellinati
Artist Profiles: Paulo Bellinati was born September 22, 1950 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has long been recognized as one of Brazil’s top contemporary guitarists…
Artist Profiles: Nó em Pingo D’Água
Nó em Pingo D’Água was formed in 1978 and features 5 musicians Celsinho Silva on percussion, Mario Seve on saxophone and flute; Papito on bass;…
Artist Profiles: Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento was born in 1942 in Rio de Janeiro. At the age of two, his adoptive parents, both white, brought him to Tres Pontas,…