Castanheiro do Forró

Like millions of São Paulo residents Castanheiro is a migrant Coming from Recife as a child at age 11 he began his artistic career playing zabumba He performed with artists such as Trio Nordestino Zé do Baião and Luiz Gonzaga But Castanheiro also served as manager of one of the biggest forró houses in the city as well as artistic director of a record company and radio programmer