Paulo Ramos, a versatile Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer was born in Sao Paulo. Raised in a family of musicians, he started playing percussion at nine years old. Upon setting down in Montreal in 1986 he formed the PAULO RAMOS GROUP with Dan Gigon on bass and Yves Gigon on drums. The album AFRICA DO BRAZIL (1996) was awarded a JUNO for BEST GLOBAL ALBUM in 1997. In 2010, Paulo released the album BOSSAMBA, produced by Sacha Daoud and Francis Collard. 

For many years now, Paulo has shared the stage with the multidisciplinary artist Jessica Vigneault, who has further developed and shared her talents through Brazilian music, all along this beautiful collaboration, on vocals and piano... They will be accompanied by the excellent percussionists Daniel Bellegarde and Fabrice Laurent. 

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