Shintaro Sakamoto & Tim Bernardes in São Paulo

Shintaro Sakamoto is a Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Osaka in 1967, who plays psychedelic pop, funk and rock. He was the frontman of Yura Yura Teikoku until the band dissolved in 2010, then established a solo catalogue through albums including How to Live with a Phantom, Let’s Dance Raw, Love If Possible and Like a Fable. His first US tour in 2022 presented his solo songs in a live-band format, with Sakamoto singing and playing guitar. The itinerary paired a festival appearance at Desert Daze in California with a club show at Elsewhere in Brooklyn.

Tim Bernardes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist from São Paulo, known as the frontman of O Terno and for his solo work. His albums Recomeçar and Mil Coisas Invisíveis draw on MPB, acoustic folk and chamber pop, led by his voice, guitar, piano and detailed arrangements. In 2019, he performed songs from Recomeçar in a solo Tiny Desk Concert for NPR. He later joined Fleet Foxes on tour, opening concerts and appearing with the band for “Going-to-the-Sun Road,” the Shore track on which he sings in Portuguese.