One of the most accomplished players of his native country’s 10-string viola
caipira, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor Almir Eduardo Melke Sater
(November 14, 1956) achieved widespread fame through his seamless concoction of
traditional Brazilian music with blues, country, and bluegrass. Born in Campo
Grande, Mato Grosso, Sater moved to Rio de Janeiro in his 20s to study law but
soon dropped out to pursue a career in music. He then moved back to Campo
Grande, where he formed the duo Lupe and Lampião, and studied the viola caipira
under the wing of Tião Carreiro. In 1979, Sat...