(headline image: DakhaBrakha at Womadelaide 2024 – Photo by Chris Lambie) The Australian event is WOMAD’s longest partnership and its longest-running festival in the same…
Nine-time Grammy-winning Brazilian star Gilberto Gil has announced that he will perform his last ever concert in London at the Royal Albert Hall on October 11th, 2023. The…
DJ Mam brought together Gilberto Gil, Sônia Guajajara, Margareth Menezes and 50 other artists to perform the song Demarcação Já. it’s a tribute to the…
Gil, Nando and Gal – Trinca de ases (Altafonte, 2018) Three of Brazil’s best known artists, singer-songwriter and guitarist Gilberto Gil, vocalist Gal Costa and…
A champion of Brazil’s African-rooted traditions who has scoured the vast backlands of his own country and the far corners of the world in search…
Acclaimed Brazilian singers, songwriters, and guitarists Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are set to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio…
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. Perhaps…
Gilberto Gil’s song on the album Expresso 2222 ‘Qui Nem Jilo’, originally written by Luiz Gonzaga, sounds very similar to a certain Haitian mini jazz…
Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil – “Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música: Multishow Live” (Nonesuch, 2016) Singer-songwriters and guitarists Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are…