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Artist: Carlos Lyra
One of the most important artists of the bossa nova movement, Carlos Lyra was also an intellectual behind the movement, forging new directions like the protest song. Lyra wrote some of the best moments of the bossa nova on his own or together with illustrious partners like VinÃcius de Moraes. With Roberto Menescal, Carlos Lyra created a guitar... [+] Read More
Artist: Kate Lyra
Artist: Lyra and Friends
Artist: Kay Lyra
Artist: Vanessa Lyra
Artist: Trio Lyra
Artist: John Pickens Jenkins
A lute and lyra viol player and the foremost consort musician of his day. Jenkins composed over 800 instrumental pieces, as well as sacred and secular vocal music. ~ Mary K. Scanlan, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Tobias Hume
Hume was a profesional officer in both the Swedish and Russian armies. As a viol player he published two volumes of Lyra Viol music. Most of the music he wrote was composed in the tablature style making it inaccessible to most modern musicians. Upon self-reflection Hume considered himself a soldier and not a musician, the ability of which he... [+] Read More
Artist: William Corkine
An English composer of little note who may have played the lyra viol as the pieces attributed to him were written for that instrument. The most noted of Corkine's Ayres were "Come live with me and be my love" and "Sweet sweet let me goe". Melodic sweetness prevails in these otherwise harmoniously nascent compositions. ~ Keith Johnson, All Music... [+] Read More
Artist: Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos initiated a major revolution of customs in Brazil in the '60s. Reaching success in a period coinciding with the youth movement started by the Beatles that was taking over the world, Carlos was the leader of Jovem Guarda. He led the TV show that became a generic denomination of a musical style and what was a definitive change of... [+] Read More
Artist: Philippe Baden Powell
Son of Baden Powell and brother of the guitarist Louis Marcel Powell, Philippe Baden Powell started his piano studies at age seven in Baden-Baden, Germany. Later moving with his family to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he has been playing since he was 15 both in Brazil and abroad, with his father and brother and also in solo acts, both as a popular and... [+] Read More
Artist: Miguel de Fuenllana
Few professional vihuelists surpassed the abilities of this blind musician. He was able to play the instrument in a demanding and virtuostic manner even when the instrument was imparted with an unusual tuning. As a composer the "Orphenica lyra" was Fuenllana's contribution. It was a collection of numerous pieces, half of which were borrowed from... [+] Read More
Artist: Silvinha Telles
One of the most important bossa nova singers, Silvinha Telles had success with several immortal classics of the genre, like "Corcovado" (Tom Jobim), "Se é Tarde me Perdoa" (Carlos Lyra/Ronaldo Bôscoli), "Amor em Paz" (Tom Jobim/VinÃcius de Moraes), "Insensatez" (Tom Jobim/VinÃcius de Moraes), "Você" (Roberto Menescal/Ronaldo Bôscoli),... [+] Read More
Artist: Nara Leão
Nara Leão, the Musa da Bossa Nova (Bossa Nova's Muse, as she is affectionately known), was a prominent figure in bossa nova. She didn't restrict herself as a bossa nova singer, though, and was one of the first artists to engage in the movement later known as "canção de protesto" (protest song), an artistic movement which denounced military... [+] Read More
Artist: Roberto Menescal
The composer of bossa nova classics like "O Barquinho," "Ah, Se Eu Pudesse," "Errinho à Tôa," "Nós e o Mar," "Rio," "Você," and "Vagamente," Roberto Menescal started his professional career in 1957 as Sylvia Telles' sideman (on guitar) in a tour around Brazil. In 1958, he opened a guitar school in Copacabana (Rio) with Carlos Lyra, having as... [+] Read More
Artist: Rabo de Lagartixa
A choro group formed in Rio de Janeiro in the 1990s by Daniela Spielmann (soprano and alto saxes), Alessandro Valente (cavaquinho), Marcello Gonçalves (seven-string guitar), and Alexandre Brasil (acoustic/electric basses), the Rabo de Lagartixa launched its first album in 1998 with the participation of Elza Soares and Pedro LuÃs e a Parede.... [+] Read More
Artist: Robert Cooper
Robert Cooper is a leading Canadian conductor who has been involved with several popular recordings of Christmas music, but would most likely want to boast about more prestigious credits. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, he studied conducting with Deral Johnson, Helmuth Rilling, the German Martin Stephani, and the American Robert... [+] Read More
Artist: Claudio Jorge
Cláudio Jorge is a renowned composer, arranger, producer, and instrumentalist, mainly associated with samba. As a composer, has has co-written works with Cartola, João Nogueira, Aldir Blanc, Nei Lopes, HermÃnio Bello de Carvalho, Ivan Wrigg, Ivor Lancellotti, Délcio Carvalho, Wilson das Neves, Ivan Lins, and Martinho da Vila. His... [+] Read More
Artist: Michael Stearns
Composer/sound sculptor Michael Stearns was born and raised in Tuscon, AZ, taking up classical guitar as a teen; in time he moved on to rock and jazz, and by the age of 16 was regularly backing top pop acts including the Lovin' Spoonful and Paul Revere & the Raiders. While a student at the University of the Pacific he turned to electronic music,... [+] Read More
Artist: Humberto Araujo
Starting as a professional in the '80s, Humberto Araújo worked as an arranger and instrumentalist for João Donato, Tim Maia, Jorge Ben Jor, Ivan Lins, Paralamas do Sucesso, Elza Soares, Leny Andrade, Zé Ramalho, Carlos Lyra, Leila Pinheiro, Nelson Gonçalves, and Noca da Portela, among others. As a composer, he wrote soundtracks for theater... [+] Read More
Artist: Ronaldo Bôscoli
Composer of bossa nova classics like "Lobo Bobo" and "Saudade Fez Um Samba" (with Carlos Lyra), Ronaldo Bôscoli was a prominent figure of that movement, serving as an articulator and producer as well. His work was also recorded by João Gilberto on his CD, Chega de Saudade (1959), which included "O Barquinho," "Telefone," "Vagamente,"... [+] Read More
Artist: José Ricardo
José Ricardo, a successful jovem guarda interpreter who also recorded bossa nova and carnival music (for which he was much maligned), started while still a kid at Rádio Guanabara, switching later to Rádio Mauá. In 1958, he achieved the third place at César de Alencar's show A Voz de Ouro A.B.C., on Rádio Nacional, Clara Nunes having earned... [+] Read More
Artist: Geraldo Vandré
Geraldo Vandré was at the peak of his creative impetus and popularity when he was pressed by Brazilian dictatorship in 1968. Exiled, he returned silent. Criticizing mass culture, he retired from artistic manifestations, living alone in his apartment in São Paulo, while his works have been constantly re-recorded.
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Artist: Miucha
Sister of Chico Buarque, Ana de Hollanda, and Cristina Buarque; and mother of Bebel Gilberto, Miúcha was raised in an intellectual environment where VinÃcius de Moraes was a regular. Living in Italy where her father (historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda) taught, she used to travel to other countries singing with friends and was introduced to... [+] Read More
Artist: Phil Abraham
After studying classical piano, guitar and harmony, Belgium born Phil Abraham was seduced by jazz and took up the trombone, on which he is self-taught. His most recent album, Fredaines for the Lyrae label, reveals that he has added singing and whistling to his musical arsenal. His voice and his laid-back singing style are reminiscent of Chet... [+] Read More
