Biography: Rabo de Lagartixa, Raça Negra, Raza Obrera, RBD, Rebeca Mauleón, Regina Celia Machado, Reginaldo Bessa, Regional do Canhoto, Reik, Remmy Ongala,

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Rabo de Lagartixa Biography, Photos, Pictures

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 Luís e a Parede

Neo-pagode group formed in São Paulo by the friends Luiz Carlos (guitar) and Paulinho (bass) in 1983 in the working-class suburb of Vila Nhocuné, the Raça Negra owes its popularity to a great extent to its sensuous choreography, romantic lyrics, mellifluous melodies, and strongly catchy refrains

Mexican Raza Obrera comprises Rigoberto Peña (aka el Melesio), Simón Rivera, José Luis Arroyo, Jerónimo Ortíz, and Roberto González (aka El Gurrumin) After signing up with Ego Records International, founded in Tulare, CA, by Erasmo González, the five-member outfit debuted in 1996 with the release of El Aguila Gonzalez and became involved in the U

RBD
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Genre:Latin

There may be little that is musically authentic about RBD, a prefabricated pop/rock act that was initiated on television, yet the group of Mexican teens achieved astounding commercial success, quickly becoming a multilingual pop culture juggernaut whose market impact stretched from Brazil to the United States

Rebeca Mauleón Biography, Photos, Pictures

An accomplished educator, producer, and performer, Rebeca Mauleón is one of the West Coast’s leading Latin jazz talents Mauleón began her performance career accompanying well-known jazzers like Steve Windwood and Carlos “Patato” Valdez

Regina Celia Machado Biography, Photos, Pictures

Daughter of an opera singer, Regina Machado is a music graduate by the State University of Campinas, São paulo (UNICAMP), having also studied vocal jazz in the US She had her professional debut in 1981, as a member of Tom Zé’s band, having backed up also Cristóvão Bastos, Marco Pereira and Gal Costa

Reginaldo Bessa Biography, Photos, Pictures

Reginaldo Bessa participated in almost all editions of the Festival da Canção (Song Festival) and was a finalist of the Festival Abertura (Abertura Festival of TV Globo, drawing its denomination from the period of re-democratization in the mid-70’s)

Regional do Canhoto Biography, Photos, Pictures

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

Reik
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Genre:Latin

Latin pop trio Reik formed in Mexicali, Baja California, in 2003 After recording a demo that yielded the Mexican underground club favorites “Levemente” and “Ahora sin Ti,” singer Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas and guitarist Julio Ramírez Eguía invited backing vocalist/guitarist Gilberto “Bibi” Marin Espinoza to join the lineup in early 2004

Remmy Ongala Biography, Photos, Pictures

Some of the most exciting sounds in Africa have been created by Zaire-born and Dar El Salaam-based guitarist and vocalist Remmy Ongala and his seven-piece band, Orchestra Super Matimila

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