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...most outsiders are almost certainly unaware that Sao Paulo is home to Max de Castro, 28, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who just might be the most original musical talent to have come out of Brazil in three decades. That's no small statement. Music in Brazil is like sunlight: it's natural, it's elemental, it illuminates every building, every river bend, every aspect of life. "Dancing and music are in our blood," says William Nadir, 23, a Sao Paulo motorcycle deliveryman. "You can spot strangers by the stiff way they move their hips...
...instrumentalist. "I bought a trumpet a couple of years ago, and everybody started hiding from me," he says with a cackle. Yet Dre, ne Andre Young, 36, has been producing and recording music for 20 years. He started as a DJ with the disco-inspired World Class Wrecking Cru, and went on to form N.W.A., help create gangsta rap, have a multiplatinum solo career, discover Snoop Dogg and Eminem, win the 2001 Grammy for Producer of the Year and infuse rap with a permanent musicality that buoyed it across the mainstream...
...told National Public Radio that he planned to give up the cello for the bandoneon, an Argentinian accordion. Instantly, NPR’s phone lines were jammed with listeners despondent over the loss of their favorite instrumentalist...
...anyone was qualified for the job of assembling a Bill Monroe tribute, it was Ricky Skaggs. A virtuoso mandolinist and multi-instrumentalist who was playing with Ralph Stanley by the age of 16, Skaggs shared the stage with Monroe when still a child, and has been delivering on that promise ever since. For "Big Mon," Skaggs has reached well beyond the predictable bluegrass circles, and the success of the enterprise is a testament to the unassailable quality of Monroe's craft as much as the contributions of the individual performers...
...band leader, well, it's Bush's party, and he'll do whatever he wants; luckily, he's a highly talented multi-instrumentalist whose flights of fancy are well worth indulging. He's not the greatest singer, but that's hardly an obstacle to appreciating his terrific mandolin and fiddle playing, especially on the bluegrass numbers; the enthusiasm he brings to the stage is palpable, and the audience goes crazy. But what's fun onstage sometimes meanders a bit on record: a few jams are overlong, and Bush's electric forays lack the nonpareil quality of his acoustic performances. Still...