Topic: Gilberto Gil

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This weekend's live music picks

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For the last 20 years, the "Red Hot" organization has curated impeccably cast, all-star compilation albums mining every genre from freak folk to...

Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil is a CNET News:
From June 19 to September 5, Festival Brazil will be taking over London's South Bank Center. Among the highlights of the festival is the music...

Gilberto Gil at Lisner Auditorium

What are you listening to? He never would've guessed that the voice crooning those lullabylike bossa novas in Portuguese was once jailed as a political threat to Brazil's government. Now 67, Gilberto Gil has mellowed since his younger days: Over ...

Person of the Year

Each year the Latin Recording Academy names one outstanding artist as the 'Person of the Year.' This year's honoree is Juan Gabriel, the composer of some of the most popular songs of the past three decades. Juan Gabriel is the Latin ...
ATTENTION - ADDS Lula quote, background on Gil ///Gilberto Gil, Brazil's globally renowned singer and composer, announced Wednesday he has resigned his job as culture minister to return to music, after four and a half years in the post.Gil, 66, told ...
Brazilian Grammy winner Gilberto Gil leaves ministerial post to spend time on music, familyGrammy-winning Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil stepped down as culture minister on Wednesday, saying he wanted to dedicate more time to his music and his family.The artist, who revolutionized ...
Gilberto Gil, Brazil's globally famous singer and composer, announced Wednesday he has resigned his job as culture minister to return to music, after four and a half years in the post.Gil, 66, told a media conference he had proffered his ...