UK TV appearances include Good Morning, The Big Breakfast and London Tonight. Viramundo Brazilian dancers for hire, has played a wide range of festivals, functions and clubs in Europe including Gran Gran Fiesta, Henley Festival, Notting Hill Carnival, numerous university balls, top hotel functions at the Hilton, Carlton, Savoy etc., benefits for Friends of the Earth, Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Latin clubs (Bahia, Bar Tempo, Bass Clef, HO, 100 Club, Salsa, Yes Brazil etc.). The Viramundo drummers and dancers are particularly effective at sporting events. ![]() Always known for their versatility and variety of repertoire, the band has recorded several CDs containing original compositions and sung by four main members: Paul, Kaw, Xavier and Edson. Viramundo has been nearly ten years in the making, looking for that right blend of musicians and personalities and cutting their teeth in the Latin clubs playing the latest sambas, salsas, Lambadas, merengues, Bossas and Axe music. Longtime horn partners John Harborne and Steve Buckley (trombone and sax respectively) and the most recent addition, multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer Brazilian born Kaw Regis, make up the octet. That special rhythmic swing is provided by two top Brazilian percussionists, Edson Ribeiro and Xavier Osmir (from Bahia and Sao Paulo) who, together with the bass and drums of Andres Lafone and Davide Giovannini (Latin’s Sly & Robbie), provide the engine of the band’s sound. ![]() The music group is led by vocalist, guitarist and cavaquinho player Paul Paulinho, and he has put together a potent mix of South American and European musicians giving the unique sound of Viramundo. The name Viramundo is synonymous with the best in Brazilian music and dance and comprises a five to eight piece music group and a two to six piece dance troupe (or larger).
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