Singer, songwriter, and guitar wizards Raul Midón and Lionel Loueke explore
their talents sharing the stage this Summer in a beautiful partnership that is
both a refreshing musical exchange and fine example of camaraderie. A mix of West African and Latin American
Roots. A perfect marriage across North America.
Lionel and Raul will end each night with an unforgettable
joint performance demonstrating their synergy with a magical tone that kicks
off June 15th in Florida and ends in Montreal on June 30th.
"I’m excited to be working with Lionel Loueke, a
musician blessed with unparalleled skill and a boundless creative imagination. We will make music with no limits”. Raul
Heralded as a "one-man
band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus,"
(NY Times) Raul Midón has collaborated with such heroes as Herbie Hancock,
Stevie Wonder, Jason Mraz, Queen Latifah and Snoop Dogg. Blind since birth,
Midón produced-engineered his 2017 album, Bad Ass and Blind, using special
computer software for the blind. The album, which confronts the challenges of
his blindness with verve and grace, received a 2018 Grammy nomination in the
category Best Jazz Vocal Album. Midón's 2018 follow up release, If You Really
Want, featuring the Metropole Orkest under the direction of Vince Mendoza, was
nominated for a 2019 Grammy award in this same category.
Benin guitarist and vocalist Lionel
Loueke has received critical acclaim from both his idols and contemporaries on
his latest release, The Journey. Paul Simon raves that Loueke is "one of a
rare handful of guitarists that move effortlessly between his West African
roots and modern American Jazz", and Sting cites Loueke as "one the
most original, essential and inspiring musicians on our planet today.” As a
Blue Note Recording artist and member of Herbie Hancock's band for the past 10
years, Loueke has recorded and toured with artists as unique and varied as
Terence Blanchard to singers Angelique Kidjo and Luciana Souza. Praised by
Herbie Hancock as “a musical painter,” Loueke combines harmonic complexity,
soaring melody, a deep knowledge of African folk forms, and conventional and
extended guitar techniques to create a warm and evocative sound of his own.
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