[MLUG - DISCUSSION] great guitarist: Yamandú Costa of Brazil

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I just picked up a CD in the library called "The Sound of Rio: 
Brasileirinho," and some of the guitar playing on it just blew my mind. 
The guitarist is Yamandú Costa from Passo Fundo in the south of Brazil:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamand%C3%BA_Costa

I wondered why I hadn't heard of him.  I guess it's because he is so 
young.  He's only 27 years old right now and was 24 when he recorded the 
stuff for the CD I picked up.  This isn't the kind of music that gets a 
lot of local airplay so it sometimes takes a while before I happen to hear 
it.  I looked him up on YouTube and found this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LnEBslBMDgQ

It's pretty good, but the solo guitar on the CD is even more impressive to 
me.  He plays a 7-string nylon-string guitar and I think most people would 
find it hard to believe that what they are hearing is just one instrument.

Mike

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