Diogo Nogueira performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.
January 10, 2012 Hear the Brazilian singing (and soccer) sensation's smooth, Rio-style samba-canção live in concert.
By Anastasia Tsioulcas
If you think soccer and samba when you hear "Brazil," well... in the case of Diogo Nogueira, you're not too far off. A former professional soccer player and current TV idol, the Brazilian singing sensation has already won a Latin Grammy for his tuneful take on the romantic style called samba-canção
For sure, Nogueira has got all the moves: His smooth set had all the theatricality of a television production, and included a shimmying, bespangled couple onstage, dancing the night away.
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