When you look at a politician’s CV, the last thing you expect to see is a page-long section called “Discography.” But there it is, right under the three films based on his life.
As a musician, Gilberto Gil mastered jazz and bossa nova, helped bring reggae and electric guitars to Brazil, explored psychedelic rock with Pink Floyd, released almost 50 records, was UNESCO’s Artist for Peace, and earned two Grammies and the King of Sweden’s Polar Music Prize.
As a political activist, he was imprisoned and then exiled by Brazilian authorities, eventually returning home to become the country’s current culture minister. In 2005, he was awarded France’s Légion d’honneur.
And as a copyright activist, he hosted the UN’s Copyright Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, and champions the right of music fans to swap and even sample his tunes.
The legend himself will be at Montreal’s Omni Mont-Royal Hotel at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15 for a (fittingly) free public lecture on copyright, digital culture and Internet rights.
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