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It isn’t too often that a member of a political cabinet performs in a NYC concert hall and when that person is Brazil’s Minister of Culture and named Gilberto Gil, you go to that NYC concert hall. Last night I had the pleasure of seeing the 64 year old founder of the Tropicália genre perform with his guitar to a sold out audience in Carnegie Hall.

Gil, who sang in Portuguese, Spanish, and English captivated the audience in a performance that was interactive, with Gil playing call and response throughout. The show had its humorous moments like when Gilberto Gil poked fun at his own age by singing a cover of the Beatles’ When I’m 64. The show also had its political moments, like when Gil shouted out political prisoners during his Portuguese/English rendering of Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry.

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