Cornelia Street Cafe Presents Rogerio Souza, 9/8

Cornelia Street Cafe will present Rogerio Souza tonight, Wednesday September 8 at 8:30PM.

The concert will feature Rogerio Souza, 7 string guitar; Billy Newman, guitar; Joao Hermeto, pandeiro and Kiko de Acordeon, accordion.

Rogerio Souza, one of the leading exponents of Choro and Samba music from Rio de Janeiro will give a performance of original compositions and famous Brazilian Instrumental Standards. He will be accompanied by some of the finest musicians from Rio and Billy Newman Guitarist/Composer from NYC.

Rogerio's guitar playing and composing is informed by a language and aesthetic rarely heard in New York City. His swing and virtuosity has contributed to the groups of Paulinho de Viola, Epoca de Ouro, No em Pinga de Agua and Ivan Lins amongst others.

Cover is $15.  For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/rogeriosouzaviolao.

Cornelia Street Cafe is located at 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York. For more information call 212-989-9319 or visit http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com.