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Not so important as a new player, Valzinho was an excellent composer, having still left classics like “Óculos Escuros” (with Orestes Barbosa, 1955; documented by Zezé Gonzaga and by Paulinho da Viola, 1971), “Doce Veneno” (with Carlos Lentine and Esperidião Machado Goulart, 1945; documented by Marion, Djalma Ferreira Group, Jamelão, …

Joseph Kabasele helped to spark the rise of contemporary Zairean music.The founder and leader of African Jazz, a band that introduced guitarist Dr. Nico, vocalist Tabu Ley Rocherau and saxophonist Manu DiBango, Kabasele continues to be known as, “Le Gran Kalle” and “the daddy of rumba”. Within an interview, soon …

The Regional perform Canhoto were formed in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Canhoto (born as Waldiro Frederico Tramontano in Rio de Janeiro, 1908). Canhoto, as his nickname attests, is usually a left-handed cavaquinho participant having a discreet, but recognizable, personal design coined after his upwards pick strokes. Regardless …

Viriato Figueira da Silva is among the fathers of choro, a means of using, or style, that was already defined around 1875, evolving until it constituted a genre, after 1900. da Silva also was the author of the polkas “Só Pra Moer” (documented in 1901 with the well-known flutist Patápio …

Salvador Alarcon is an excellent exemplory case of an designer from your Cuban classical music picture whose work is commonly little known beyond his native isle because of anti-Communist cultural boycotts. While festive Cuban dance music and wonderful Afro-Cuban jazz offers received worldwide interest despite such officially structured prejudice, the …

Chilean progressive rock-band formed in the first ’80s by Ismael Cortez about acoustic and guitar, Francisco Cortez about bass and cello, and Felix Carbone about drums. Tryo’s 1st album premiered in 1996, combined by Gonzalo Herrera. That record was accompanied by 1998’s Crudo and 1999’s Patrimonio. In the entire year …

Rapper Porta found out underground fame while an adolescent on the web, via MySpace and YouTube, before putting your signature on a recording agreement with Universal GROUP and releasing his major-label debut, En Boca de Tantos, in 2008. Created in 1988 in Barcelona, Spain, Porta was influenced by hip-hop tradition …

Brazilian rock group Papas da Lingua were shaped in 1993. The group, including Serginho Moah (vocals), Ze Natalio (bass), and Fernando Pezão (drums), was constructed by guitar participant/composer Léo Henkin. From the starting of their profession, their compositions caught the interest of cleaning soap opera manufacturers from Globo Television. Several …