Category: collaborations
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euro tour diary: music, cartoons, videos, comics and Ancient Worlds!
I’m collecting some memorabilia from the recent tour in Germany, France and Belgium… I was lucky to have a very special guest musician in every city, each with a unique different style and I met some very inspiring visual artists and musicians along the road! The tour lasted only 10 days but it was all…
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new recordings in 2013
This year I’ll be working in three different projects which shall be released sometime in the future in cd and/or vinyl: 1) a first EP of Chips and Salsa, featuring 6 original songs – I’m writing new stuff to which Chris is adding beautiful arrangements, all done over the internet 2) a new collaboration with Nick…
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Bernardo Devlin’s “Sic Transit”
And who is Bernardo Devlin? In two lines and without much explanation, to me he is one of the most original singer and songwriters to ever come out of Portugal, and yet remains quite undiscovered. Active since the mid 80’s in many projects before going on a solo career, Sic Transit is his 5th solo…
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artist residence in Pitões das Júnias
A group of artists from Porto are going to have a one week residence in Pitões das Júnias, Portugal’s oldest village, located in Serra do Gerês. The programme features a series of concerts, movies, workshops and performances, including a concert by Rita Braga (with Frankão, on extra vocals and percussion) and the production of…
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Brazilian tour! and a new band is born
First, an interview by Trama Virtual about the first tour in Brazil. Below is a clip from the first show in São Paulo at Casa do Mancha! With a brand new Brazilian band, featuring Leonel Mancha on drums, Diogo Valentino (Supercordas) on the bass guitar, Bernard Simon (Some Community) on the electric guitar and Gustavo…
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August Updates
In the first week of August, I followed Nick Castro & The Silver Phial (LA) on their first Portuguese tour, joining them on stage as a guest musician in Ourense (Spain), Porto, Lisbon and Montijo. Thanks again to Nick Castro, Christof Certik, Cheryl Lynn Caddick and Patrick Ryan Cleary for bringing me along! Prior to this tour, they were…
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Nothing Beneath Us Premier Screening Party in New York
“Nothing Beneath Us” is a dark, modern, poetic, surreal sort of fairytale about a young dancer named Annabel Lee, who’s caught in a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and an abusive relationship. Her days and nights blur together and now her dreams are blurring the line of reality. A journey through Annabel’s dreams, and hopes…
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comics festivals and concerts in Serbia and Italy
In June Rita Braga attended a few events related to authorial comics and graphic arts, starting with the amazing Novo Doba Festival in Belgrade/Pancevo in Serbia. She had some comics published on the Novo Doba catalogue and the cover of “Cherries That Went To The Police” was part of the exhibition featuring 10 years of…
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wander
Here’s a slice of the movie “Wander” in which Rita took part last year while she was staying in San Francisco, directed by Claude Cardenas. It’s a no budget silent sci-fi film and he’s adding his own special effects besides editing and sound and everything else with his super powers. Claude hopes it will be done…
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next
Pop Up! is a new lounge space located at Avenida da Liberdade 159 in Lisbon. During one month it will host a number of concerts, art shows and other live events. RB will perform on Feb 1. More info on http://www.popup.com.pt/ Some pictures of the show (taken by Aleksandar Mijailovic). Rita had a special guest from Brazil…
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