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Mike Vitale & Igor Brasil

Mike Vitale and Igor Brasil are an acoustic duo, who first met one other performing on a Holland America Cruise Line Vessel: the Nieuw Statendam. It’s a pinnacle class ship with a wide range of entertainment for its 2,500 plus passengers. Igor was the lead guitar player in the Rolling Stone Band and Mike performed solo acoustic as the Regional Soloist, a solo singer-songwriter on the vessel.

Both Mike and Igor have a diverse and extensive background in performance experience, matched only by their further expansive list of genres and styles of music they both perform which include, but are not limited to: Pop, Rock, Blues, Reggae, Latin, Folk, Country, Americana, Jazz, R&B, Soul, and Hip Hop.

This is a factor that plays a large part in the two enjoying performing with one another: they’re shared enthusiasm of performing a wide variety of music that spans the globe, whether it be Caribbean genres including Reggae, Afro-Cuban Guajira, Salsa or South American Traditional Brazilian music that spans the gamete of Igor’s rich history within his own culture and heritage.

Igor is equally as comfortable playing Led Zeppelin and other wide swaths of rock and roll classics, adoring the work of Jimmy Page as a kid, before later focusing his attention as an adult on the jazz guitar greats like Pat Metheny and John Scofield.

Mike in turn, has hopscotched around genres, which include but are not limited to, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Police, Robert Johnson, Buena Vista Social Club, Celia Cruz, Bob Marley, Steve Miller Band, The Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, John Mayer, Journey, Michael Jackson, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys and countless other songwriters and groups.

Much to Mike’s enthusiasm, Igor was equally as opine with his choice of music and repertoire, and has also performed the work of many of these artists within his extensive background of playing professionally as a lead guitar player.

Mike is an accomplished singer-songwriter who has performed his original music all over the United States and has performed at folk festivals such as the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas. He has been performing professionally in front of audiences for twenty eight years and is a master storyteller and has captivated audiences with stories between songs, as much as he has belting and crooning melodies over his guitar. He has released 4 full length albums and countless singles.

Igor has performed with countless artists which include: XYZ. He has released several albums of original music that span multiple genres, with his most recent efforts being steadily focused in the realm of jazz as he completes his doctorate in music from [name of educational institution].

LIVE PERFORMANCES |Cover Material

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS “IS THIS LOVE”

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS “SATISFY MY SOUL”

THE EAGLES “TAKE IT EASY”

JOHN DENVER “TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS”