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...Gilberto Gil was accompanied on stage by 14 of his family — daughters, sons, grandchildren, some great-grandchildren and a daughter-in-law — for a run through six decades of his songbook....
...The pre-recorded voice of the Brazilian avatar of musical activism, Gilberto Gil, rang out during “É Tudo Pra Ontem”, reciting a fable about community....
...For local musicians Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, it was a refuge in tough political times....
...But for Laguna, its musicians were paramount, including Gilberto Gil — later culture minister under Lula da Silva’s first administration — who helped bring black consciousness to Brazil (where slavery was...
...Henderson is proud of her headliners — as well as Kidjo, there will be sets from Kae Tempest, The Flaming Lips, Fatoumata Diawara, Gilberto Gil and Nitin Sawhney....
...I’ve also been downloading various Brazilian musicians, including Gilberto Gil, whose gig I was meant to go to last year....
...It ranged from art to film to fashion; in musical terms, behind sweet melodies, Tropicalismo singers hid a lyrical punch hard enough that many of them — notably Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso — were forced...
...Gil, to London....
...In 1968, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil were arrested by Brazil’s military dictatorship because of their politically subversive music....
...The Whitney has a supply of wearable knock-offs, and now and then a viewer will slip one on and sway politely to the music of Veloso and Gilberto Gil....
...A museum of music, logical enough in the city of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Dorival Caymmi, will occupy a derelict palace in the dockside Comercio district....
...The 4,800 performers who took part on Friday, including Brazilian singer-songwriters Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, and supermodel Gisele Bündchen who appeared as the Girl from Ipanema, all agreed to participate...
...In December 1968, Veloso and his frequent collaborator Gilberto Gil were arrested and later went into exile. The artists who remained had to engage in a kind of guerrilla critique....
...The show involved months of political infighting and media attention, with former president and mentor Lula da Silva turning against Ms Rousseff’s policies — while singers Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil...
...Patty Bravo, Tom Odell, Gilberto Gil, Miles Davis, Florence and the Machine, and some Chopin. If you had one top travel tip, what would it be?...
...In a recent appearance, she joined on a stage in Rio de Janeiro great Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil, who sang a song specially written for her....
...Northeastern musicians include bossa nova singer João Gilberto and his daughter, the contemporary Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto; and Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, known for the Tropicália cultural movement...
...This is almost a tradition in Brazil, where senior politicians often come from unusual backgrounds – Gilberto Gil, the musician, recently served as minister of culture....
...Two years ago in New York, at the start of the sixth biennial cycle of the Rolex Mentors and Protégés Arts Initiative, I talked to Brazilian superstar Gilberto Gil about his forthcoming mentoring role....
...Lucas Santtana, a young Brazilian musician who started out as a flute player for Gilberto Gil, turns a troubled relationship into a musical Wunderkammer full of Afrobeat and ska; from the chittering beats...
...The first comes in the documentary Viramundo, a sweet-natured but soporific slab of positive musing – and positive music – featuring Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter and Lula-era minister of culture...
...The 24-year-old Egyptian singer-songwriter Dina El Wedidi is talking about her first encounter with the great Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil, and with quite some excitement....
...Gil (to March 26) along with new commissions and Arab world premieres....
...Gilberto Gil guests on guitar and vocals, Randy Brecker on trumpet and there is a real lift when Elias turns on the jazz piano....
...Brazilian superstar Gilberto Gil is perched on a high stool not three metres in front of me, cradling his acoustic guitar as his creamy voice swoops high into the whooping chirping Tropicalia rhythms....
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