Guitarist and composer Guinga is a popular songwriter in Brazil: his songs have been recorded by the likes of superstar Elis Regina and he's a favorite of musicians around the world like Michel ...

Brazilian guitarist-composer Guinga is something of a legendary figure. A polyglot performer associated with música popular brasileira's all-encompassing ethos, he's made his name fusing the ...

Guinga is probably the most interesting contemporary Brazilian composer. Nobody knows him here in the U.S. That’s probably because he doesn’t record much, and his cd’s have all been imports, many of ...

If you follow jazz or Brazilian music, you will have come across the name Guinga in parentheses after many titles on many albums — by Paquito D’Rivera, Elis Regina, Claudia Acuña, Sergio Mendes and ...

Magic was in the air Sunday afternoon in Long Beach. Aural magic, that is, in the first Southland appearance of Brazilian composer-guitarist-singer Guinga, in the enchanting visual environment of the ...

Brazilian music is an immediately recognizable genre with a distinct sense of melancholy underlying its beautiful melodies and harmonies. Indeed, the poetic lyrics, the soft edges of the language ...

Dentro de las actividades del programa Mes de Brasil en la Argentina, que impulsa la embajada de ese país y el Centro Cultural San Martín se realizó un encuentro musical entre el pianista Guillermo ...

Fans of Brazilian music, with its lively rhythms, delicate melodies and adventuresome spirit, are in luck this weekend. The iconic guitarist, composer and singer Guinga arrives for the first of ...

The modernist poet Wallace Stevens ran an insurance company. Novelist Franz Kafka toiled for much of his life as bureaucrat. So why shouldn't Guinga, one of Brazil's greatest living composers, spend ...

Guitarist and composer Guinga is a popular songwriter in Brazil: his songs have been recorded by the likes of superstar Elis Regina and he's a favorite of musicians around the world like Michel ...

"I met so many virtuoso players in Brazil and had the opportunity to interact with so many virtuoso guitarists, including one called Hélio Delmiro," he says. "Everything that I tried to do in life is ...