Waldir Azevedo | tl

Waldir Azevedo was born in Rio de Janeiro on the 27th of January 1923. Passed away on the 21st of Setember 1980. A "choro" pioneer, master of the "cavaquinho", and composer of the choro "Brasileirinho". Waldir was the first composer to place the cavaquinho (tiny 4 string guitar, smaller than a viola) into a leading role with complex solos. Waldir Azevedo composed some 130 songs during his lifetime. .

Julie de Azevedo is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her religious-themed (Mormon) pop music. .

Filipa Azevedo (born 31 July 1991 in Gondomar near Porto) is a Portuguese singer. She is currently living in the United Kingdom since she is attending London Music School. On 7 March 2010, Azevedo won the Portuguese Festival da Canção 2010, and will represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Há dias assim", performing in the first semi-final to be held on 25 May 2010 in Oslo, Norway. .

Once upon a time… - that’s how every good story begins. Autista, Azevedo Silva’s second album, is an exercise in sadness, isolation and loneliness. It’s the irony of perception of someone who lives isolated but surrounded by people – we are all like that, autistic. In this (parallel) universe Reality is something to be perceived in its own tunnel. The world is sketched by two guitars, an acoustic and an electric one. In that world the songs are about beings of love and hate. It is clear that Autista follows the first album Tartaruga (turtle), not only because it is...

Poet, singer and composer BEATRIZ AZEVEDO is a Brazilian multi-artist. She graduated in Performing Arts and studied at Mannes College of Music and Jazz and Contemporary Music Program in New York. She won the "Bolsa Virtuose", a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. The label Biscoito Fino released her new CD ALEGRIA (Joy), with 12 original songs composed and produced by Beatriz Azevedo, and is joined by legends TOM ZÉ and VINICIUS CANTUARIA. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and New York, the CD has Anat Cohen, Bocato, Cristovão Bastos, Jorge Helder, and Jamie and Michael Leonhart. In...