Sara Tavares new album XINTI (Feel it)

The music of Sara Tavares is full of ‘sunshine soul’ and “Xinti” (“Feel It”), her new album, is suffused with it. Brimming with Cape Verdean guitar licks, Angolese rhythms and warm Portuguese vocals, Sara never sounded more intense. This is a startling collection, packed with surprises that display how progressively richer and more expansive Sara Tavares’s vocal repertoire has become since her previous album “Balancê”. Her songs are lyrical, sensual and more textured. They are intimate but also wrapped in irresistibly funky rhythms drawn from the Cape Verdean / African diaspora. Themes of love – spiritual and human – embrace philosophical reflections that describe, says Tavares, “the soul taking flight.” 

Check the video clip of 'Ponto de Luz' here

Listen to teh new album on Sara Tavares' myspace

Charlie Gillet about her live gig last saturday in the Barbican:

"I was bowled over by Sara Tavares' live performance, having already been bedazzled by her guitar playing during a session recorded for World on BBC 3 two days earlier."


X I N T I    T O U R   D A T E S
24 April  Barbican, London - UK (double bill with Oumou Sangare)
30 April  HIFA, Harare - ZIM
6 May     Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam - NL
8 May     De Roma, Antwerpen - BE
9 May     Ancienne Belgique, Brussels – BE
12 May   Oude Luxor, Rotterdam - NL
13 May   Fabrik, Hamburg - DE
15 May   Kesselhaus, Berlin - DE
16 May   Brotfabrik, Frankfurt - DE
17 May   BASF Geselschaftshaus, Ludwigshafen - DE
19 May   Konzerthaus, Dortmund - DE
1 June    Africa Festival, Würzburg- DE
3 June    Sala Galileo, Madrid - ES
5 June    Auditori 2, Barcelona - ES
18 June  Arena de Évora, Évora - PT
26 June  Bulgaria Hall, Sofia – Bulgaria
4 July     Festival Delta, Lisboa - PT
1 July     STIMMEN-Festival, Lörrach - DE
18 July   Oeiras - PT
6 Aug     Festival Sons do Atlantico, Lagoa - PT
24 Sept   Gewandhaus, Leipzig – DE
25 Sept   Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg - SE
26 Sept   Kulturhuset, Stockholm - SE
28 Sept   Savoy Teater, Helsinki - FI


X I N T I    R E L E A S E 
Benelux, Portugal:  11 May
Germany:              11 May
UK:                       18 May
France:                  September
North America:       September

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