Biography: Marinho da Muda, Marino de Rosas, Mario Biondi, Mario Lanza, Mario Pacheco, Mario Salvi, Mario Seve, Mac Umba, Mac-Talla, Marion Harris,

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Marinho da Muda Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the founders of the Império da Tijuca samba school, composer of hits recorded by Jorge Veiga (“Boi com Abóbora”, with Veiga) and Clara Nunes, among others, Marinho da Muda wrote at 22 his first song, “Deixei a Boêmia”

Marino de Rosas Biography, Photos, Pictures

Sardinian-born, flamenco guitarist Marino de Rosas first picked up the instrument at the age of 14 By the early ’60s, he joined his first band, the Devils, inspired by such hitmakers as the Shadows, the Ventures, and of course, the Beatles

Mario Biondi Biography, Photos, Pictures

Italian jazz-soul vocalist Mario Biondi was born of artistic stock in the Sicilian city of Catania His great grandfather was a respected painter, his grandmother a singer, and his father a popular songwriter

Dubbed by Arturo Toscannini “the greatest voice of the 20th century,” Mario Lanza was one of America’s most successful singers and movie stars in the years immediately following World War II

Mario Pacheco Biography, Photos, Pictures

Fado guitarist/composer Mario Pacheco’s love for and mastery of folkloric Portuguese music was his destiny from the cradle Son of famed guitarist António Pacheco (known to have collaborated with the genre’s most notable figures), Mario was surrounded by the music from the very beginning and apprenticed in the style as soon as he could hold an instrument

The traditional music of South Italy and Mediterranean Europe is preserved through the music of accordionist, ethnomusicologist, and teacher Mario Salvi In addition to two solo albums — Effetti Personali in 1988 and Caldera in 1997 — Salvi has worked with several Italian traditional groups including Modena City Ramblers, Teatro Gruppo, and Terra Franca

Mário Seve is a member and founder of the groups Nó em Pingo d’Água and Aquarela Carioca With Nó em Pingo d’Água, he won the Choro Contest twice in Rio de Janeiro (1979 and 1995), having also been awarded the Playboy (1984) and Sharp (1990) prizes

The large Celtic/Scottish collective Mac Umba debuted in 1996 with the album Don’t Hold Your Breath; Bruhubaho followed in 1999 ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

In 1993, producer Robin Morton asked a group of extraordinary talents in the field of Scottish Gaelic music to get together and record This led to their creation of a working, touring group

Marion Harris Biography, Photos, Pictures

A hitmaker who was recording before the end of World War I, Marion Harris sang a Broadway version of the blues several years before it had cracked the commercial consciousness, near the end of the 1910s