Ed Motta

Blue-eyed soul rarely sounds as smooth as when it’s delivered by this globally loved Rio-born singer. Looking like a mix between Barry White and Uncle Phil from ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, Motta is Brazil’s premier exponent of ‘yacht rock’ – the silky, tongue-in-cheek style of music dedicated to the gentle, shore-lapping sounds of Steely Dan, Hall & Oates and the Doobie Brothers. Factor in big dollops of jazz-funk, all washed with Rio sun, and you have a performer not to be missed.