Artist Spotlight: Virgulins
With roots in Brazilian and South American music, Virgulins are a Pop Rock band based in Vancouver that’s been active since 2018. They provide a fun experience with their own twist on International and Brazilian classic songs. Virgulins is:
- Flavio Veloso - Vocals/Lead Guitar
- Mikhaell Alencar - Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
- Carlos W. Sinimbu - Vocals/Bass
- Rildney Cavalcante - Drums/Vocals
You perform a wide variety of music from International to Brazilian classic songs. How do you go about choosing which songs you’ll add to your repertoire, and how does that affect building the set lists for your shows?
We have a very analytical approach when planning to play our next gigs. We usually do our homework to check what kind of audience usually goes to the venue we're playing at. We also have a good grasp of who our regular audience is. Also, we've all been doing this for a long time and in different occasions, whether it's at a wedding in Brazil (where we all came from) or at a nightclub in Vancouver. We also became really good at learning these songs quickly and re-arranging them, when needed, to fit with our vibe. These factors helps us coming up with versatile and flexible to curate custom setlists for each show.
Looking ahead to the rest of 2025, what are some of the bands goals this year?
One of our major goals for this year is being able to write and play our own original songs in the near future. Maybe even go as far as recording and releasing an EP or something... We've already started creating some good stuff and will be presenting our own tunes pretty soon. But at the same time we just wanna have fun by playing shows in a regular basis and continue to build a nice fan-base who will stick with us, filling the venues in every show we play. A portion of our shows will always be dedicated to Brazilian music lovers, but our goal is to have a broader audience from all backgrounds, that's why we play International songs from different genres and eras of music.
If you could be a part of your own dream festival, could be with any artist from any time period/any genre. Who would be your top 3 acts on the festival?
1. Tears For Fears
2. Aerosmith
3. Os Mutantes