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Lisa Ono is a popular Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer. She was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil but moved with her family to Tokyo at the age of 10.

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Unha e Carne Marcus Tardelli Biscoito Fino Even if Guinga never pronounced that Marcus Tardelli as "the greatest acoustic guitar player that Brazil has produced in history," the musical evidence on Unha e Carne , would certainly put him on a pedestal right next to Egberto Gismonti , Sergio and Odair Assad.

Whenever she could, Bebel Gilberto happily left words behind as she performed at Hiro Ballroom on Wednesday night.

Afrosambajazz: The Music of Baden Powell celebrates the most influential Brazilian guitarist of all time and his collaboration with songwriter Vinicius de Moraes.

For only the second time , Brazilian singer Gal Costa and guitarist Romero Lubambo shared the stage for an evening that celebrated the music from their native land, nodding specially to the unforgettable 1958-1963 era that spawned bossa nova, arguably the country's best-known contribution to the music of the world.

Romero Lubambo accompanies a conservative performance by Gal Costa at Massey Hall Sunday.

Four decades into a stellar career, Brazilian singer Gal Costa finally makes her Canadian debut tonight at Massey Hall.

Brazilian singer Gal Costa performs at Hill Auditorium on Saturday with guitarist Romero Lubambo.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 4:58 pm Press Release: Reel Brazil Press Release – for immediate release November 3, 2009 November 26 - 29, 2009 Soundings Theatre Te Papa, Wellington This month Wellington will be filled with the sound of drums, as the first Reel Brazil Film Festival kicks off! Paying special tribute to the Brazilian Carnival and ...

Singer Gal Costa will bring her tropicalismo sound to the Arsht Center in Miami on Thursday.

Hollywood ForeverCemeterySouthern California the opportunity to commemorate the Day of the Dead during a one-day festival Oct.

Box office: 994-2900; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays www.zeiterion.org or 994-2900. Most venues serve a certain niche among music fans.

Seu Jorge , Bebel Gilberto at the Hollywood Bowl Bebel Gilberto has a lot to live up to.

SHE'S a real social climber that Florence Welch, who scaled the scaffolding at Reading before heading off for a clamber into the crowd.

Friday, August 07, 2009 Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil - 09: Budapest Readers are rightly skeptical of novels ostensibly written by famous people.

Friday, August 07, 2009 Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil - 09: Budapest Readers are rightly skeptical of novels ostensibly written by famous people.

A Brazilian singer claims in a lawsuit he was the target of racial slurs by American Airlines flight attendants during a flight last year.

If we haven't heard of Fabiana Cozza until now, that's nobody's fault but ours. That problem will be easily corrected when the extravagantly gifted Brazilian makes her first appearances in Canada, with MusicFest Vancouver shows on August 15 at VanDusen Botanical Garden and August 16 at the Cellar Jazz Club.

Dancers, fromleft, Kevin Clifton, Giselle Peacock, Damian Whitewood, Peta Murgatroyd, Sharna Burgess and Patrick Helm participate in a press preview of the new Broadway ballroom dance show "Burn The Floor" at the Longacre Theatre, Friday, July 24, 2009 in New York.