Antônio Pecci Filho, better known as Toquinho, was born July 6, 1946, in São Paulo, Brazil. He began playing guitar at 14 and used the…
Artist Profiles: Toquinho
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Artist Profiles: Tania Maria
Tania Maria Correa Reis, better known as Tania Maria was born May 9, 1948 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. Tania Maria showed strong signs of…
Artist Profiles: Seu Jorge
Jorge Mário da Silva, better known as Seu Jorge (Mister Jorge) was born June 8, 1970 in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jorge became…
Artist Profiles: Sergio Mendes
Sergio Santos Mendes was born in Niteroi, Brazil, February 11th, 1941. His father was a medical doctor. Mendes attended the local conservatory with hopes of…
Artist Profiles: Selma Reis
Selma Reis was born August 24, 1960. She was a Brazilian actress and singer. Selma Reis was raised in São Gonçalo, a small city near…
Artist Profiles: Sebastião Tapajós
Sebastião Pena Marciao, better known as Sebastião Tapajós, was baptized with Amazon water. He was born in 1944 on his father’s boat, close to the…
Artist Profiles: Jovino Santos Neto
Pianist, flutist, and composer Jovino Santos Neto was born September 18, 1954 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Studying classical piano from the age of 12,…
Artist Profiles: Rosa Passos
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: 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…