1st Portland Folk Festival Features Celso Machado, Afro-Brazilian Guitarist, August 20, 2010

[Celso Machado]

AlbertaRoseTheatre.com

“Portland Folk Festival with Celso Machado, Vagabond Opera

Date: 08/20/10

Tickets: $15.00

Doors: 7:30pm

Show: 8:30pm

All Ages

“This is the first year for the Portland Folk Festival, it is being held all over Portland on the weekend of Aug. 20-22. On Aug. 20, Alberta Street is the location:

“Celso Machado

http://www.celsomachado.com/

Celso Machado is an Afro-Brazilian composer, guitarist, lyricist and singer. The works he writes and performs are played by guitarists in both classical and world music genres. He was born in Ribeiro Preto, Brazil on January 27, 1953. At age seven he began performing in street bands. Machado first performed in Canada in 1986; he moved there in 1989. His many CDs consist of music composed by himself and others. His recordings, compositions and awards are listed at his Web site.”

Celso regularly takes his distinctive music to the world, and is well known for expressing himself through inventive percussion and the sounds of nature, as well as his mastery of conventional techniques. He recently told AfriClassical.com, which profiles him, “My whole reason for writing music is that I know there are a lot of people who like the kind of music I write.”