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Artist: Hermes Fontes
Hermes Fontes was an illustrious poet but also became part of Brazilian popular music when he wrote the lyrics to the tango-fado "Luar de Paquetá" (music by Freire Júnior), a classic Brazilian song, recorded by Baiano in 1921. He collaborated in major newspaper and literary magazines of Rio de Janeiro and wrote the books Apoteoses (1908),... [+] Read More
Artist: Andrea Fontes
Artist: Jorge Fontes
Artist: Tebelio "Tony" Fonte
Artist: Loco Mia
Latin dance-pop outfit Locomia emerged in 1984. Assembled by Javier Font, Gard Paschieer, Manuel Arjona, and Luis Font, the band was based on the glamorous idea of being part of Ibiza's nightlife. In 1987, after touring Italy, Gard Paschieer and Luis Font were replaced by Juan Antonio Fuentes and Carlos Armas. Two years later, Locomia had the... [+] Read More
Artist: Jim Sunweed
Officially the band was formed in October 2003. After long-lasted practice in January 2004 a demo-CD consisting of 2 songs was finished in one of the studios in Saint Petersburg. The first bands gig took place in a local club Friday on 2th of April in 2004.2 drummers and 1 guitarist were renewed while Jim Sunweed (JSW) exists.In April 2006 JSW... [+] Read More
Artist: The Cheaters Club
What was once the glitchy, fever dream solo project of The **** Sparklies' Eon Fontes-May, is now a duo (with the addition of The Rain Design's Adam Kozak) employing folds of warbling synths, jarring guitars, melodica, accordian and god know what else over a bed of achingly slow, crunchy found-sound beats. With the addition of excruciatingly... [+] Read More
Artist: Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes designs fonts, and several resulting logos of his have been used as part of the cover art of recordings. He is sometimes confused with several other people that have the same name in the arts, including a film editor, a New Orleans reed player and a classical pianist. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Pist-On
Built around the core of guitarist, singer, and songwriter Henry Font and bassist/background vocalist Val Ium, New York's Pist-On mixes extremely heavy, mid-paced guitar riffs with occasional vocal harmonies. Lead guitarist Paul Poulos and drummer Danny Jam Kavadlo both left soon after the release of the band's 1996 debut, Number One, which went... [+] Read More
Artist: Pete Terrace
Born to Puerto Rican parents. Started in music in 1940. His first job was with El Sexteto Caney, then followed stints with the Sensemaya Kids, Jose Curbelo, Ralph Font, Noro Morales, and Juanito Sanabria. He served 18 months in the US Army. As a civilian in 1947 he drummed for Bartolo Hernandez before joining the Joe Loco Quintet in 1952. His... [+] Read More
Artist: Juca Kalut
Juca Kalut, one of the historic chorões of the Belle Époque, was a member of the Cavaquinho de Ouro group, named after the music and instrument store located at 40 Carioca street in Rio de Janeiro, where famous chorões like Heitor Villa-Lobos, Quincas Laranjeiras, Anacleto de Medeiros, Mário Cavaquinho, Luís de Sousa, and others met.... [+] Read More
Artist: Tiempo Libre
Though the group may be Miami-based, the members of timba band Tiempo Libre are all Cuban-born, -bred, and -inspired. Founded in 2001 by pianist Jorge Gomez as the first authentic Cuban timba band in the U.S., the ensemble self-released their debut album, Timbiando, a selection of covers recorded in a friend's garage, in 2004. In 2005 the band... [+] Read More
Artist: Kleiton & Kledir
Kleiton e Kledir are two brothers from the South region of Brazil who achieved national success still living in their hometown, a singular deed in a country which revolves around two cities, Rio de Janeiro RJ and São Paulo SP, and, more recently, Recife BA. With a style that blends their bucolic origins and the urban setting, they are... [+] Read More
Artist: Mrio do Cavaquinho
Mário Álvares was a fine composer, an inventor of new instruments and a historic figure who was very influential for the generation of pioneers like Donga and João da Baiana. His songs were the vehicles for the apprenticeship of the instrument, by all of them, including Pixinguinha, who had Álvares as his cavaquinho teacher. He invented the... [+] Read More
Artist: Monsueto
Monsueto's career had two times: he started to have success in the early '50s with songs like "Me Deixa em Paz," "Mora na Filosofia," "Mulher de Mau Pensar," and "A Fonte Secou," recorded by artists like Linda Batista and Marlene. In 1966, Maria Bethânia recorded "Mora na Filosofia," followed by Caetano Veloso, who also recorded it in 1971,... [+] Read More
Artist: Freire Jnior
Composer of the first modinha to open the genre to systematic recording, "Luar de Paquetá" (recorded by Baiano), Freire Júnior also wrote and enacted 172 musical plays, including operettas, burlettas, and others, possibly becoming the biggest author of Brazilian musical revues. He wrote more than 125 songs, among them the tango-fado "À... [+] Read More
Artist: Fernanda Abreu
In 1981, at 19, Fernanda Abreu had an amateur band with Leo Jaime (Nota Vermelha) and was doing contemporary dancing in the groups Coringa and Fonte. Later in that year, she joined Blitz, a band of historical importance for Brazilian rock of the '80s. In that period she participated in albums by Plebe Rude (O Concreto Já Rachou, 1985) and... [+] Read More
Artist: Regional do Canhoto
The Regional do 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 a left-handed cavaquinho player with a discreet, but recognizable, personal style coined after his upward pick strokes. In spite of having a group of his own, he... [+] Read More
Artist: Cry Reign
This isn't the same as it used to be.I remember the dreams before you.I remember the nights I wanted to chat just one on one until queue.And then as now I feel the pulse of the pain knowing I just can't escape you and I want to, then I don't, then I do, but I don't.I hate it, like a man, like a real man, who wants no part of another who would... [+] Read More
Artist: Arrigo Boito
Poet, novelist, and composer, Boito is known for the single opera he completed, Mefistofele. Like Rossini, who wrote three dozen operas by his mid-30s, and spent the next 40 years of his life unable or unwilling to complete another, Boito underwent some kind of crisis early, and worked 54 years unsuccessfully at completing his second opera.
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Artist: BreemiX
visit me at : www.myspace.com/breemixprodLe Temps n'a plus de secrets pour l'Homme...La complexité du Temps que de nombreux chercheurs tentent de résoudre par certains concepts mathématiques et philosophiques reste une énigme, et ce, depuis l'aube de l'Histoire, depuis la naissance de l'Univers fini que nous croyons connaître, dans son... [+] Read More
Artist: Z Renato
As a member of Boca Livre, Zé Renato broke selling records, participated in Jon Anderson's Deseo, had songs recorded by Anderson, performed at the Summerstage Festival (New York, NY), and played with João Gilberto in Miami. The composer of hits like "Anima" (with Milton Nascimento), "Quem Tem a Viola" (with Cláudio Nucci), "Song for a... [+] Read More
Artist: Thurl Bailey
Utah Jazz NBA center Thurl Bailey made his debut into the music arena on May 25, 1999 with his R&B release Faith in Your Heart. Though R&B in style, his lyrics are decidedly CCM. They touch on gospel topics, such as rescue from the wrong path, appreciation for his wife, the love of the Savior and more. He collaborated with established LDS... [+] Read More
Artist: Padeirinho
Composer of "Vão Acabar Com a Praça Onze" and "Cavaco Emprestado" (recorded by Paulinho daViola), and having songs recorded by Nara Leão, Germano Matias, Jamelão, Quarteto em Cy, Eliana Pittman, Noite Ilustrada, and Isaurinha Garcia, Padeirinho had success with "Cuidado, Menina" (with Ismael Bautista), "Rio, Carnaval dos Carnavais" (with... [+] Read More
Artist: Paulinho Tapajs
Paulinho Tapajós (the composer of "Andança," with Edmundo Souto and Danilo Caymmi in 1968, a song that had more than 150 recordings throughout the world), "Cantiga por Luciana," "No Tempo dos Quintais," and of several other hits and classics, had an active participation in the historic festivals of the '60s and also in other festivals abroad.... [+] Read More
