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Lura featured in the Independent (UK) 23rd March

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2382031.ece

Around us, artists of all ages come and go in a bewildering procession of unpretentious talent. One of them chooses to perform the painfully melancholy “Sodade”, a song made famous by Cesaria Evora, the queen of Cape Verdean music. Towards the end of the session, Lura adds her voice, walking girlishly to the front of the room, smiling to acquaintances, before delivering two achingly beautiful ballads from the Cape Verde islands, infused with the fatalistic spirit of “morna”, that celebrated Cape Verdean equivalent of fado. Impressive though the other singers have been, Lura lifts proceedings to another level. It is little wonder that the charismatic 31-year-old performer is talked of as the natural successor to Evora.

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Chambao confirmed for WOMAD 2007

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Chambao have been confirmed for WOMAD’s 25th anniversary festival at the new UK site of Charnwood park Wiltshire. Chambao who have just finished a sellout South American tour, bouyed up by news of their chart toppingly successful duet between the bands singer La Mari and Ricky Martin. 2007 looks to be the big year for the band in the UK with a rumoured full UK tour in planning for autumn 2007…..

Chambao are the most recent addition to the roster for Way Art West, soon to be followed by several other top flight acts from Spain.

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ELzeF New CD release April 2007

Monday, March 19th, 2007

ElzeF release their new CD ‘Le Vent se Leve’ in Europe April 2007. Produced by Stephan Mellino (the driving force and guitarist of Les Negresse Vertes) and engineered by Clive Martin (whose production credits include work with David Byrne, Ruichi Sakamoto), it is their funkiest to date.

You can hear four tracks off the album on the band’s myspace page
www.myspace.com/elzefmusic

Look out for UK festival appearances for the band this summer.

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Lura new CD and UK tour 2007

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Lura’s eagerly awaited new CD, M’bem di Fora, is set for UK release in February 2007. It will have a wider range of styles as Lura continues her exploration of Cape Verde’s musical roots. Plans are currently underway for UK tour dates in May. Watch this space for more news

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Monday, September 11th, 2006

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Pedro Luis Ferrer UK tour October 2006

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Pedro Luis Ferrer will be touring the UK in October 2006. The dates are as follows

  • October 19 Exeter Phoenix
  • October 20 Warwick Arts Centre
  • October 21 Finchley Arts Depot
  • October 22 Colchester Arts Centre
  • October 24 Momo’s London
  • October 25 Bristol Colston Hall (Bar)
  • October 26 Brighton Pavilion Theatre
  • October 27 Norwich Arts Centre

Pedro’s band will feature Lerlys Morales, Lena Ferrer and Basilio Perodin. If you haven’t seen the band live and you can’t make it to WOMAD Reading try to catch them at one of these shows.

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Elzef Record the Second CD

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

Elzef have been spending the past few months working in the studio. It has been produced by Stefane Mellino and mixed by Clive Martin and scheduled for release in the autumn. Fans of Les Negres Vertes will be familiar with the name Stefabe Mellino as he is the guitarist and composer with that band. He is rumoured to have played on some of the tracks too.

The band have taken their time on this record as they have also been working on a film that will have international cinema release in 2007. However we are not able to say what it is for the time being , so keep in touch for updates on this.

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Nancy Vieira UK performances

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Nancy Vieira played a couple of dates on February 25 & 26. The first show was at St. George’s Bristol, where she performed in front of a capacity audience in a concert recorded by BBC World Service. The next day she performed at Momo’s in London and also recorded a session for BBC Radio 3. These two shows provided an audience of nine million people!

The redordings where broadcast durinf the week following the performances and show nancy in contrasting form. The World Service recording was with a full band in concert setting, with the Radio 3 session – for World Routes, being an unplugged acoustic affair, that had a real intimacy that suited Nancy’s late night vocal style perfectly; her song Sagred (also the title of her excellent 2004 CD) being given a superb reworking.

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