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Born in 5 of january of 1956, the carioca guitar player, started to play professionally in the 70's, together with Raul Seixas and Sá & Guarabyra. Founded the band "Legião Estrangeira" in 1976, and started to play on pubs. Passed to get more know it in the 80's, when he sent a tape to the "Rádio Fluminense", situated in the Rio, turned to the rock repertory. Recorded the first album in 1984, "Som na Guitarra", which include's his biggest sucess: "Aumenta Que Isso Aí É Rock'n Roll". One of the first persons to sing blues in portuguese, choose the artistic...

Celso Piña (Born 6 April 1953 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México) is a notable Mexican singer, composer and accordionist. In 2002, Pina was nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards: "Best Contemporary Tropical Album" and "Best New Artist From the North" as well as for "Best Alternative Artist" by the MTV Latino Awards. He is also know by the nicknames: El Rebelde del Acordeón and Cacique de la Campana. He's an accordion player and singer who has risen to be one of the most notable figures in cumbia music. Cumbia has it's origins in Colombia's African and indigenous populations but has...

Celso Machado (born January 27, 1953) is a Brazilian guitarist, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who lives in Vancouver, Canada. Celso Machado transports his audiences through the richness and diversity of Brazilian music and beyond. The regional music of Brazil has arisen out of various blends of African, Portuguese and Indigenous influences. While Celso's music is rooted in the percussive rhythms, harmonies and spirit of Brazil, it also reflects his incurable fascination with other musical traditions. He has gained mastery of a vast array of instruments including: the Arab nay, the southern Italian tamburello, the Moroccan guembri and, most recently, the African...

Instrumentalist, composer, arranger and producer, Celso Fonseca was born November 15, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro and did start to play his first guitar chords at age 12. Fonseca openly confessed that it was Baden Powell’s music that led him to play. At age 19 he quit the journalist classes at university, decided to study music seriously, took up the guitarrist career and joined Gilberto Gil’s band. Celso has played as a sideman and recorded with the greatest artists from Brazilian Music,such as: Milton Nascimento, Djavan, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Chico Buarque de Holanda, Marisa Monte, Bebel Gilberto, João Bosco,...