About the Artist
Minneapolis-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Robert Everest has been joyfully exploring world music for over 30 years, and for many years was performing 150+ shows annually across the globe. These days Robert plays on average five to ten shows a month, both private and public. Fluent in multiple languages, he holds a linguistics degree from the University of Minnesota, enhancing his diverse performances. Specializing in mostly Latin American and Brazilian music, he serves as Executive Director of BrazilFest MN, and directs the Twin Cities’ largest annual Brazilian event, Carnaval Brasileiro.
Robert has been featured on MPR, All Things Considered, and The Jazz Image, as well as KARE11, WCCO, and KSTP television. He has recorded multiple solo albums, including A Life of Lessons Learned, The World on Seven Strings, Gracias a la Vida, and Aquarela Do Brasil, receiving national radio play. He has also recorded albums with his world music group, the Robert Everest Expedition, and his Brazilian group, Beira Mar Brasil, which has performed at prestigious venues like the Ordway Center, Walker Art Center, and First Avenue, earning a Best Latin Band nomination.
Internationally, Robert has performed at Vinicius Piano Bar in Rio de Janeiro, Birdland in Budapest, and Ono Galerie in Bern, among others. His diverse studies span jazz, Brazilian, classical, West African, Flamenco, and Tango guitar, along with vocal and percussion training in Ghana and Brazil.
Robert Everest Solo Repertoire
(scroll down for ensemble repertoire)
Brazilian repertoire (composers available upon request):
a banda do zé pretinho
a felicidade
a paz
a nivel de…
a novidade
a primeira vez
açaí
afoxé ojú obá
agua de beber
águas de março
ah! se eu pudesse
ai se eu te pego
ainda lembro
alegria geral
álibi
alta noite
amor em paz
amphibious
anos dourados
apanhei-te cavaquinho
aquarela
aquarela do brasil
ara ketu bom demais
argumento
asa branca
avião
balanço zona sul
bébado e a equilibrista
beijo na boca
beira mar
bim bom
brigas nunca mais
bye bye brasil
carinhoso
chega de saudade
chove chuva
chovendo na roseira
cigano
coisa feita
coisa mais linda
coração vagabundo
corcovado
dança da solidão
de conversa em conversa
desafinado
deus é brasileiro
dindi
dom de iludir
drão
é hoje
é preciso muito amor
ela é carioca
entre na roda
escravo da alegria
estrela
eu preciso aprender a ser só
eu sei que vou te amar
eu te devoro
falamansa
fanfarra
fanfarra frevo
fato consumado
faz parte do meu show
feijão com arroz
festa do interior
filhos de ghandi
flor de liz
flora
fotografia
força estranha
garota de ipanema
gente humilde
gostava tanto de você
guardei meu violao
hare krishna
hoje eu vou pagodear
insensatez
kid cavaquinho
lambada
leãozinho
liberar geral
lígia
lua e estrela
luiza
luz do sol
madalena
madalena do jucú
magalenha
mais de 1,800 colinas
mama africa
manhã de carnaval
marchinhas (varias)
mas que nada
meditação
menina vem
meu bem, meu mal
meu bem querer
mistérios
nação
nerecí
nossa gente
o amanhã
o barquinho
o bébado e a equilibrista
o bicho
o negócio e amar
o pato
o que é o que é
oceano
odeon
ouro e marfim
pais tropical/spyro gyro
palco
partido alto
peixinhos do mar
preciso aprender a ser só
prefixo de verão
queixa
refazenda
requebra
romaria
rosa morena
samba da minha terra
samba da pergunta
samba de uma nota só
samba de orfeu
samba de orly
samba de verão
samba do avião
samba torto
sampa
samurai
saudade fez um samba
se é tarde me perdoa
se eu quiser falar com deus
segure o tcham
só danço samba
só louco
sonho meu
sons de carrilhoes
sorte
swing da cor
tic tic tac
tarde em itapuã
toda menina baiana
toneladas de desejo
toque de timbaleiro
trem azul
triste
tristeza
vai passar
vixe maria
vivo sonhando
você e eu
você é linda
vou festejar
wave
xodó
Other Latin American / European Repertoire:
ARGENTINA
Tango:
Soledad (Gardel/Le Pera)
Por una cabeza (")
Volver (")
Naranjo en flor (Hnos. Exposito)
El dia que me quieras (Gardel)
Atahualpa Yupanqui
El Poeta
Los ejes de mi carreta
Facundo Cabral
No soy de aquí ni soy de allá
Victor Heredia
razón de vivir
Fito Paez
Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazon
11 y 6
Jaime Dávalos y Eduardo Falú
Tonada del viejo amor
Félix Luna y Ariel Ramirez
Alfonsina y el Mar
Piero
Mi Viejo
BELGIUM
Les Bonbons - Jaques Brel
BOLIVIA
El Picaflor (Los Kjarkas)
CAMEROON
C'est la Vie - Henri DiKongue
CHILE
Yo vendo unos ojos negros
Victor Jara
Ni chicha ni limoná
Luchin
Te recuerdo Amanda
Violeta Parra
Gracias a la vida
La jardinera
Alberto Plaza
Sabía
COLOMBIA
La múcura
La pollera colorá
El amor de mi tierra
Fruta Fresca
La Gota Fria
CUBA
Guantanamera
Dos Gardenias
Chan-Chan
El cuarto de Tula
Como Fue - Ernesto Duarte
Mi Tierra - Gloria Estefan
Pablo Milanés
Años
Cuanto gané, cuanto perdí
Yolanda
El breve espacio en que no estás
Silvio Rodriguez
Canción del elegido
Casiopea
El Mayor
Flores Nocturnas
La Maza
La Vida
Playa Girón
Tocando Fondo
Unicornio
Y Mariana
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Juan Luís Guerra
Burbujas de Amor
Bachata Rosa
La Bilirrubina
ECUADOR
Mariposita (Los Jayac)
Julio Jaramillo
Nuestro Juramento
FRANCE
Sous le Ciel de Paris
Dans Mon Ile
La Mer
La Vie En Rose
Francis Cabrel
Carte Postal
Je l'aime a mourir
Mientras Sueño (translated into Spanish)
Keren Ann
Ailleurs
Le Chien D'Avant Garde
La Disparition
GERMANY
Mackie Messer - Kurt Weill/B. Brecht
Liebst Du Um Shoenheit - G. Mahler
GREECE
Barba Yanni - Stelios Kazantzidis
Sto perigiali - Mikis Theodorakis
GUATEMALA
Luna de Xelajú
Ricardo Arjona
Mujeres
Te Conozco
HONDURAS
Sopa de Caracol - Banda Blanca
ITALY
Volare
O Sole Mio
Funiculi Funicula
Santa Lucia
Vinicio Capossela -Che Coss'e L'amor
Paolo Conte - Via Con Me
Pino Daniele - Mal di te, Se Mi Vuoi,
Questa Pimavera, Resta Cumme,
Stare Bene a Meta
Francesco De Gregori
La Donna Cannone
Niente da Capire
Le finestre del dolore
Buona Notte Fiorellino
Fabio Concato - Solo,
Speriamo che piova
Lucilla Galeazzi
Quante stelle nel cielo con la luna
Giorgia - Tradirefare
Jovanotti - A Te
Joe Sentieri - E Mezzanotte
Gianluca Grignani - La Mia Storia tra le Dite (Mi Historia entre tus Dedos)
MÉXICO
Abrázame
Allá en el rancho grande
Amar y querer
Cielito lindo
Contigo aprendí
Costumbres
Cruz de olvido
El reloj
El vagabundo
Ella
Gema
La barca
Lo dudo
La historia de un amor
Malagueña Salerosa
Me voy a quitar de en medio
Noche de ronda
Nosotros
Perfidia
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
Rayito de luna
Sabor a mí
Si tu me dices ven
Sin ti
Solamente una vez
Solo
Maná
Rayando el sol
vivir sin air
Te lloré un rio
NICARAGUA
Los Mejía Godoy
Volveré a mi pueblo
Hilachas de Sol
Flor de Pino
Palomita Guasiruca
PERU
Chabuca Granda
Fina Estampa
La Flor de la Canela
PUERTO RICO
En mi Viejo San Juan (Noel Estrada)
No me quieras tanto (R. Hernández)
Marc Anthony
Nadie como ella
SPAIN
La Malagueña
José Luis Perales
El amor
Y tú te vas
Joan Manuel Serrat
Mediterraneo
Luis Eduardo Aute
Sin Tu Latido
Al Alba
URUGUAY
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
La Cumparsita
Jorge Drexler
Al otro lado del rio
La edad del cielo
Zamba de olvido
VENEZUELA
Junto al Jaguey
Moliendo Café
Alma Llanera
Caballo Viejo
Franco de Vita
Si tú no estás
CLASSICAL GUITAR
Valse Criollo (Antonio Lauro)
Baroque (anonymous)
Nua (Fernando Gama)
Jesu Joy, Bourree in Em (Bach)
Matteo Carcassi - Etude in A major
Fernando Sor - several etudes
Leo Brouwer - several etudes
Francisco Tárrega
Recuerdos de La Alhambra
Lágrima
Adelita (mazurka)
Erik Satie - La Gnosienne
Paulo Bellinati - Amor de Valse
Franz Schubert - Ave Maria
Vicente Gomez - Romance
João de Pernambuco
Sons de Carilhoes
Heitor Villalobos
Choro no. 1
Julio César de Oliva
Una flor en la laguna
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS
Diabolique
Costa Nova
Voltar Pra Casa
Ebb & Flow
Rincón de Esperanza
J'etais la que l'ete
and many others...
In English:
Jazz Standards *
A-train
All of Me
All the Things You Are
Almost Like Being in Love
April in Paris
Autumn Leaves
Blue Bossa
But Beautiful
Bye Bye Blackbird
Days of Wine and Roses
Falling in Love With Love
Fly Me To the Moon
How High the Moon
I Remember You
I Thought About You
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Imagination
In a Sentimental Mood
It Could Happen to You
It Don't Mean a Thing
It Had to Be You
It's Only a Paper Moon
L.O.V.E.
Misty
My Favorite Things
My Funny Valentine
My Romance
The Nearness of You
Night & Day
On the Street Where You Live
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Round Midnight
Satin Doll
Send in the Clowns
Solitude
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Sophisticated Lady
Stella by Starlight
Stompin' at the Savoy
Summertime
Take 5
Tangerine
Tea for Two
Teach Me Tonight
The Shadow of Your Smile
The Way You Look Tonight
There Will Never Be Another You
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Unforgettable
Waltz for Debby
...Wee Small Hours of the Morning You Stepped Out of a Dream
*All Brazilian Tunes are at top of page
Pop/Folk Songs
The Police/Sting
message in a bottle
every breath you take
wrapped around your finger
Fields of Gold
Fragile
James Taylor
Fire & Rain
you’ve got a friend (c.king)
Don’t let me be lonely tonight
The Beatles
A Day in The Life
All my loving
And I love her
Blackbird
Eleanor Rigby
Here Comes the Sun
Here There & Everywhere
Hey Jude
I Will
I'm Only Sleeping
Let it Be
The Long and Winding Road Norwegian Wood
She Came in Through the- .................-Bathroom Window
Something
When I'm 64
Yesterday
U2
All I Want is You
One
I still haven't found...looking for
Desire
Bad
Van Morrison
Into the Mystic
Crazy Love
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors
Time After Time
Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel
April Come She Will
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Hearts and Bones
The Only Living Boy in New York
Slip Slidin' Away
The Sound of Silence
The Boxer
Jim Croce
Photographs and memories
Time in a bottle
I’ll have to say I love you in a song
plus dozens of original compositions...
Pop/Folk (cont.)
Cat Stevens
Father & Son
Wild World
Singles
I can't make you love me
You don't know me - Ray Charles
Stand by me
Like a rolling stone - Bob Dylan
Babylon, Sail Away - David Gray
Hotel California - The Eagles
Stir it Up - Bob Marley
Birds – Neil Young
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Imagine - John Lennon
I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Knights in White Satin -Moody Blues Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Rainbow Connection
It's not easy being green
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
Halleluja - Leonard Cohen
Don Henley/Bruce Hornsby
The End of the Innocence
Instrumental (misc.)
Samba pa tí – Santana
El Mar – George Benson
Misc. 80s Rock
Rosanna - Toto
Take on Me - A-ha
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
Saved by Zero - the Fixx
Don't You Forget About Me
- Simple Minds
Soul/Blues/R&B
Thrill is Gone - B.B. King
Blues in G - B.B. King
Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Mercy Mercy Me
How Sweet it is to be Loved by You
Holiday Favorites
Frosty the Snowman
Christmastime is Here (V. Guaraldi)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts...)
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
(and many more)
Ensemble Repertoire
Cuba:
Chan Chan - Son
El Cuarto de Tula
Mi Tierra
Guatemala:
Te Conozco - Ricardo Arjona
Mexico:
Bésame Mucho
Sin Ti (chart - under Fina Estampa)
Solamente Una Vez
Honduras:
Sopa De Caracol
Venezuela:
Caballo Viejo
Moliendo Café - Salsa
Dominican Republic:
Burbujas de Amor - Bachata
La Bilirrubina - Merengue
Puerto Rico:
Nadie Como Ella - Salsa
Spain:
Al Alba
Mediterraneo
Sin Tu Latido
Uruguay:
Al Otro Lado Del Rio
Colombia:
El Amor de Mi Tierra - Vall./Cumbia
La Gota Fria - Vall./Cumbia
La Mucura - Cumbia
La Pollera Colorá - Cumbia
Peru:
Fina Estampa - Waltz
Chile:
Gracias a la Vida
La Jardinera
Te Recuerdo Amanda
France:
La Mer
Sous le Ciel de Paris
Brazil:
A Felicidade
Alibi
Ainda Lembro
Amor Em Paz
Apanhei-te Cavaquinho
Bim Bom
Chovendo Na Roseira
Chove Chuva
Corcovado
Desafinado
E Preciso Muito Amor
Eu Te Devoro
Garota de Ipanema
Insensatez
Fato Consumado
Ligia
Mama Africa
Mas Que Nada
A Novidade
O Amanha
O Nosso Amor
Pais Tropical/Spyro Gyro
Palco
Que Pena
Samba De Orfeu
Samba de Uma Nota Só
Saudade Fez Um Samba
Samurai
Se Eu Quiser Falar Com Deus
Só Danço Samba
Sonho Meu
Triste/Vivo Sonhando
Vixe Maria
Italy:
Che Coss'e L'amor
E Mezzanotte
Funiculi Funicula
Il Cielo in Una Stanza
La Donna Cannone
Niente da Capire
O Sole Mio
O Surdato 'Nnammurato
Quante Stelle Nel Cielo
Se Mi Vuoi
Santa Lucia
Tanto Pe Canta
That's Amore (faux Italian)
Via Con Me
Volare
Greece:
Sto Perigiali - Mikis Theodorakis
Barba Yanni - Stelios Kazantsidis
Argentina:
Los Ejes de Mi Carreta
Tonada Del Viejo Amor (chart w/Moliendo)
Por Una Cabeza
Volver
Jazz (U.S.A.)
But Beautiful - Cha, Cha, Ballad
Cantaloupe Island
Fly Me to the Moon - Swing
Imagination
I'm Beginning to See the Light
In a Sentimental Mood
It Could Happen to You
L.O.V.E.
Misty
My Funny Valentine
Nature Boy
On The Street Where You Live
Stella By Starlight
The Way You Look Tonight
Unforgettable
Original:
Change of Soul - Cha-Cha
Eyes of a Thousand Dreams
Five Days in Zurich
Gifts
Indecisa - Flamenco Rumba
Into You - Pop
La Otra Natalia
Leaving Morocco, Casa Tucan
Lullabye - Funk
Morning Glory
No Judgment Zone
Pensando en Ti - Salsa
Sand
The Whales
Window in Your Wall
Woodland - Swing
Monsieur Pachá
Blues/R&B
Thrill is Gone (chart under Little Wing)
What's Goin'On - M. Gaye (chart under Se Mi Vuoi)
Rock
Little Wing - Rock Ballad
Samba Pa Ti - Carlos Santana
True Colors - Cindy Lauper
Rosanna - Toto
Who's Cryin' Now - Journey
Message in a Bottle - Police
Other:
All you Need is Love - Beatles
Crazy - Willie Nelson
West Africa:
Maringa - Senegal
Germany:
Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife)
