Mauro Refosco
Mauro Refosco is a Brazilian percussionist based in New York City. Since 1994, he has toured with David Byrne,[1] most recently from 2008 to 2009 in support of David's album Everything that Happens Will Happen Today.[2] Mauro is also a member of Atoms for Peace, founded by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke in 2009[3] in order to perform his solo work live.[4] In 2011, Mauro performed on several tracks of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' latest album I'm with You, and he is currently on a world tour with the band as their guest percussionist.[5] When he's not on tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he continues to perform with his band Forro in the Dark, a New York City-based group of Brazilian musicians who play a modern update on forró, a traditional music that originates from the Northeast of Brazil.[6]
- ^ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/29/forro-in-the-darks-mauro-refosco-on-moving-your-hips-to-forro-music-working-with-thom-yorke/
- ^ http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2009/06/friday_night_david_byrne.php
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/arts/music/07atoms.html?scp=4&sq=mauro%20refosco&st=cse
- ^ http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/200669891/meet-mauro-refosco-thom-yorke-s-new-percussionist
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/red-hot-chili-peppers-roar-back-at-secret-california-show-20110728
- ^ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/29/forro-in-the-darks-mauro-refosco-on-moving-your-hips-to-forro-music-working-with-thom-yorke/
