September 11th, 2006
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August 16th, 2006
Lura’s second international release as yet untitled is in the final stages of mixing, with it schedlued for French and Portuguese release in October. No release date is set for the UK but it may be as late as January. It is thought that the record wil build on her acclaimed 2005 release Di Korpu ku Alma and its focus on the the more African styles form her native Cape Verde Islands. For those who didn’t see the coverage in the press in 2005 some clippings will follow shortly.
No sign of any UK dates this autumn. Lets hope that there will be some in the New Year.
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August 10th, 2006
Pedro Luis Ferrer’s new CD entitled ‘Natural’ is set for release on Monday September 25th. The album the second for the Ultra records imprint Escondida has some of his most sureal lyrics and should create quite a stir. Initial soundings have shown reviewers very favourable.
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August 2nd, 2006
Pedro Luis Ferrer played two great shows at WOMAD Reading on July 30th the second being recorded by BBC Radio3 for later transmission on Late Junction. Amongst those in the audience were World ROutes presenter Lucy Duran who declared Pedro one of the most important performers currently on the circuit from Cuba. Pedro was also introduced to legendary Malian Guitarist Djelimadi Tounkara who expressed his delight in Pedros songs and Tres playing – it would be nice if they had a chance to play together…..
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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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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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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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