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Critic's Choice for the week of September 27- October 3, 2006
"Singer-songwriter Kevin Welch has had a love affair with Brazilian music and culture since visiting the country as a student in the 1990s. For almost ten years, he led the outstanding Brazil fusion group Vivendo de Pão. For the longest time, that band played a potent brew of samba, jazz, and folk every Tuesday night at the Elbo Room in SF's Mission District; producing two albums then breaking up last year. This Friday at the Elbo Room, Kevin hosts a CD release party for his new album and band, Boca do Rio. The music is original, with provocative lyrics in both Portuguese and English, and driven by pulsating samba beats." (Jesse "Chuy" Varela) |
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"How many years has it been that the Elbo Room has given over most Tuesday nights to groovy, funky Brazilian MPB/samba bands? It must have started about ten years ago -- when Kevin Welch started getting bookings for his new group, Vivendo de Pao. These days, Welch still plays the Elbo on Tuesday nights about once a week with his most recent group, Boca do Rio." |
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