Early in his set at the Hollywood Bowl, Gilberto Gil explained Samba's birth. In Gil's telling, as various African, European and Caribbean cultures made their way to South America, they left their ...
Gilberto Gil — musician, Tropicalista, politician, activist and even former exile — will be making a stop at Hill Auditorium on Nov. 16 for his North American tour. Gil is promoting his first album ...
After hearing The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Gilberto Gil filtered its sound and much more through his Brazilian ears to help create Tropicália, a musical form so powerful that ...
What a pleasure it is to watch two masters at work. That’s what I kept thinking Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater, where Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil — two aging giants of Brazilian pop whose ...
Oriente; Se Eu Quiser Falar Com Deus; Andar Com Fé; Cada Tempo Em Seu Lugar; São João Xangô Menino; Prece; Palco; Aqui e Agora; A Paz International superstar Gilberto Gil makes a rare guest appearance ...
A living legend of Brazilian music, Gilberto Gil is an extraordinary artist who has enjoyed a remarkably storied, adventurous career spanning over five decades. Initially cast as an improvisational ...
Gilberto Gil, one of Brazil's leading luminaries, is a founding father of the Tropicalism movement, whose everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink ethos is largely responsible for the harmonic and rhythmic ...
Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are titans of Tropicália, a strain of Sixties Brazilian pop (or música popular brasileira) that drew on João Gilberto’s sublime bossa nova, the Beatles’ kaleidoscopic ...
Forget the fiery performances that this Brazilian legend has staged in the past, backed by a big band playing reggae and samba. This time around, he follows in the footsteps of João Gilberto. Gil ...