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Boca do Rio — Portuguese for "mouth of the river" — is a Brazilian-American samba-funk band rooted in Northern California. The group began in the late 1990s when guitarist, vocalist, and composer Kevin Welch (who performs as "Gogo") and percussionist Alex Calatayud, originally from Goiania, Brazil, formed a partnership in San Francisco's Mission District. Starting as a bossa nova trio in Bay Area jazz clubs in 1999, Boca do Rio grew into what the band calls an "electro-funk party boat," blending traditional sambas and choros with funk, jazz improvisation, and electronic textures. The band released a self-titled debut in 2006, was awarded the Davis Independent Music Initiative grant in 2021, and is a recurring Davis Music Festival artist.
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