Cyro Baptista InstrumentheadBrazilian percussionist and bandleader of his own projects Beat the Donkey and Banquet of the Spirits, Baptista has performed with artists such as Paul Simon, Sting, Wynton Marsalis and John Zorn as well as on five Grammy award winning recordings with Yo Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock, Cassandra Wilson, The Chieftains and Ivan Lins. A 2002 WGBH TV documentary on Beat the Donkey won 3 New England EMMY Awards and the album of that name was chosen by The New York

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keys and all vocals leading Rolling Stone magazine to declare her a 2008 “Best Secret Weapon

Has won the Merlefest Folk Songwriting Contest as well as the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk Songwriting Competition for his composition “My Little Life” from his Heart of Gold EP

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Toured with Johnny Cash from 1993-2003 and played on Grammy® award-winning Cash albums American Recordings (1994) and the Unearthed box set (2003) as well as June Carter Cash’s Press On (1999)

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