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…
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…