A Frank Zappa Tribute Band from Brazil has all the ingredients to make you feel like the legendary Frank Zappa still alive and Rock’n’Roll will never die.
The Central Scrutinizer Band was created in 1990 by talented musicians in São Paulo during a period of political turmoil in Brazil.
December of 2006 at Café Piu Piu, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Oscar-nominated Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown produces in Salvador during the summer an exciting concert called “Sarau do Brown”.
The performance includes guests, theater, fashion show, dancers, and intense crowd participation. 01/29/12

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Ivete Zangalo is by far the most popular singer in Bahia for probably the last decade. Her performances have all ingredients of a top pop star, very talented musicians and dancers, popular guests, but the main ingredient is her relationship with the crowd, pure energy and satisfaction. Festival de Verão 01/28/12.

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The Tony Award-winning SF Mime Troupe presents 2012-The Musical!, written by Michael Gene Sullivan and directed by Wilma Boneta.
This creative and funny comedy will make you laugh at the absurdities of politics and contemporary life.
Their free tour comes to Washington Square at North Beach in San Francisco every August.

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Brazilian Rock Band “Os Mutantes” at The Independent in San Francisco on Sunday August 30, in their North American tour in 2009.

David Matthew’s Band was one of the main attractions at Outside Lands 2009, a music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. A Grammy Award winner band, it was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. David Matthew’s Band rocked the crowd with violinist Boyd Tinsley, singer-songwriter David Matthews and bassist Stefan Lessard, right.

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Larry Hunt

Larry Hunt, left, has drummed and entertained many tourists and locals in Downtown San Francisco for years. Better known as Bucketman his unique drum set performance is full of joy and fire playing drums with his friend Gabriel who has recently arrived in California from New York.

He started playing drums by the time he was 3, he played with jazz greats Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and Louie Bellson when he was 9, formed a band with legendary jazz keyboardist Rusty Thomas at age 15, and even played with some of the 70’s bands like the Oreos and the Drifters. BayoPhoto/2009

School of Samba

The two most traditional school of samba in Rio de Janeiro, Portela and Mangueira, together on the stage to celebrate their friendship and tradition in samba music at Portela’s headquarters in Madureira (center). The visitor school Mangueira had a popular singer Erivá, left, singing the classic samba songs of both school. (2007)