New Single & Video ‘Ana Santana From Copacabana’ Ana Santana From Copacabana was a song I wrote in 2005 and is an homage to the decadence of Copacabana, my home in Rio for much of the 1990s. Taking cues from Brazilian boogie and with an extraordinary instrumental break arranged by maestro Alberto Continentino we wanted…

Carwyn Ellis’ Under the Influence in Sound and Colours Magazine. I was thrilled to see that Sounds & Colours magazine had asked Welsh bossa ace Carwyn Ellis to share some of the influences that have shaped his two latin themed albums with Rio 18 – Joia and Mas and that alongside luminaries like Ray Barretto…

‘Out of the Past’ Official Video Now on YouTube In the second day of lockdown in Lisbon, mid March 2020 I was walking into my shower at home when an impulse stopped me, made me grab my go to knockabout guitar and I sat down and wrote this song and the lyrics in real time.…

‘Tudo Bem Tudo Bom’ Official Video Now on YouTube Check out the video I made for my latest single release ‘Tudo Bem Tudo Bom’. This is a song I wrote just a few weeks before going into the studio to record my second album A New Kind of Fool. It was one of those moments…

‘A New Kind of Fool’ Official Video Now on YouTube Check out the video I made for my latest single release ‘A New Kind of Fool’. Inspired by the late 70s early 80s songs my Marcos Valle & Leon Ware and my decades long love of what we used to call FM music, these days…

‘Daisy’ Official Video Now on YouTube Check out the video I made for my latest single release ‘Daisy’. 1970s samba soul inspiration… Play Daisy on Bandcamp.com A New Kind of Fool by Gary Corben Sign up for News & Special Promos This list is only for me to keep you up to date. No info…