| LUCIA PULIDO is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices on the international Latin American musical scence today. She has mined the musical traditions of her native Colombia and other Latin American countries in an ongoing search for a distinct, experimental style. The New York Times says that, "Ms. Pulido holds on to the rawness of the original melodies while giving them a sophisticated new context." This richness can be seen in her different ensembles and repertories.
Projects available's for touring on Europe
PALENQUE is an ensemble that pays homage to the "chirimía", one of the many types of Colombian street bands through a highly experimental style. Traditional genres such as cumbia and bullerengue from the Atlantic Coast, currulaos from the Pacific Coast as well as joropos of the Colombian Eastern Plains are the point of departure for musical creativity. Her vocal sophistication is enhanced in genres such as herding songs (cantos de vaquería), funeral laments (alabaos) and harvest chants (cantos de zafra) which give the singer the liberty to explore her voice fully. The ensemble also performs songs written for Lucía by composers Iván Benavides and Sebastián Cruz. Cruz is currently the ensemble's arranger and musical director. PALENQUE´S core group consists of percussion, clarinet, bass, guitar and voice.
Lucia Pulido, voice & percussion
Sebastián Cruz, guitar & percussion
Adam Kolker, clarinet
Stomu Takeishi, bass
Ted Poor, drums & percussion
Coming soon new release "El Manduco" 2006
LUCÍA PULIDO - FERNANDO TARRÉS & LA RAZA
THE SONGBOOK PROJECT
Blending traditional and ancestral songs from Colombia and Argentina with modern jazz, African influences and European classical elements, SONGBOOK is a genre-stretching musical statement conceived by Colombian singer Lucía Pulido and Argentine guitarist-composer Fernando Tarrés.
SONGBOOK is the result of an elaborate blending of as many such influences as these two very eclectic artists have had throughout their careers and lives. As in the confluence of a river with the sea, it becomes impossible to know with certainty how much water originates in one body of sounds as it flows into the other. Sophisticated yet direct, the band approaches the music from a radical perspective, framing Lucía Pulido's buttery timbre and easygoing lyricism within an intense world of rhythm
and color that reinforces the strength and rawness of each song. Past and present, tradition and modernity reach total communion as the music takes the listener for an unexpected journey.
NEW ALBUM: SONGBOOK I - BAU RECORDS 2005
DESPECHO SONGS
"BROKEN HEARTED SONGS" - "MUSICA DE DESPECHO"
Latin American love songs made popular from the thirties to the sixties, by Julio Jaramillo and Cuco Sánchez, among others. The motif of these songs, mainly boleros and waltzes, is the intense pain produced by unrequited love. Lucia breathes new life to this repertoire of grief, pain, deception and heartbreak with a richly nuanced dramaticism that is highly emotionally charged in her performance. The ensemble includes violin, guitar, and bass.
(Spanish) des·pe·cho m.
1. (ira) - spite, wrath
2. (descontento) - displeasure, disgust
3. (desesperación) - despair, dejection a despecho de - in spite of, in defiance of por despecho - out of spite.
Lucia Pulido, voice
Sebastián Cruz, guitar
Ali Bello, violin
Pedro Giraudo, acoustic bass
ALBUM "DOLOR DE AUSENCIA" - FM DISCOS 2005
BOOKING & CONTACT: Conga Management - silviaconga@yahoo.com |
