Rio Con Brio and Rene Berblinger \ Olivia Duffy

Olivia Duffy and Rene Berblinger play an intricate combination of folk, world and original music. The duo creates a full, beautiful sound on mandolin, guitar and banjo.
Formed in 2005 in Portland, Oregon, Rio Con Brio has established itself as one of the Northwest's premiere performers of \lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choro" target="_blank" title="link to choro on Wikipedia.org"\gt;\lt;i\gt;\lt;u\gt;choro\lt;/u\gt;\lt;/i\gt;\lt;/a\gt;, the early 20th century street music of \lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro"… Show more target="_blank" title="Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia"\gt;\lt;u\gt;Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\lt;/u\gt;\lt;/a\gt;. Influenced by Afro-Brazilian rhythms and the caf

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