My Dear Friends,
Happy New Year to all of you! I wish you all the very best for 2013. I am very grateful to all the wonderful things last year brought: amazing trips and shows including the US, Canada, Argentina, Germany, France, Denmark.... My brand new album "De Tierra y Oro". Many new friends and quite a lot of beautiful music. I have just returned from my hometown, Buenos Aires, and I am ready for a great start of this brand new year!
First of all, I would like to invite you to the very first edition of the NYC South American Music Festival! It will happen on January 14th at the Zinc bar. I am honored to be part of this along with three other wonderful South American artists and their bands that include some of my favorite people on this planet. So you can't miss it!! The festival already got great press in the US, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. And it was put together by all artists in collaboration with the wonderful Lilihouse Agency.
APAP 2013 SHOWCASE
Featuring:
7pm Juancho Herrera (Venezuela)
8pm Sofia Rei (Argentina)
9pm Sofia Tosello & Tangolando (Peru/Argentina)
10pm Gregorio Uribe Big Band (Colombia)
$15 at door / Free with APAP badge (212) 477-9462
Sofia Rei 's band with Josh Deutsch on trumpet, Eric Kurimski on guitar, Jean-Christophe Maillard on guitar, Jorge Roeder on bass and Yayo Serka on drums.
The NYC South American Music Festival takes place during the APAP NYC conference at Zinc Bar and celebrates a new movement in the US: music rooted in the folklore from the various countries of South America, as they meet with pop, rock, jazz and a hint of electronica. The actors are young artists from Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and Chile converging in New York City. A generation of musicians that has blurred the boundaries between their musical cultures and carved out a renovated identity of the South American diaspora. These ground-breaking artists have been gaining recognition at the national and international levels. Each of them has crafted a distinct sound, whether it is tango with Afro-Peruvian rhythms, Colombian cumbia and mapalé in a big band setting, merengue caraqueño into a hip hop groove, or multi-track vocal grooves over a chacarera, using traditional and native instruments such as the charango, the cuatro, the bombo leguero, the cajon, the gaitas, as well as contemporary and electro-acoustic instruments. The result is substantial, uplifting, poignant and passionate, appealing to the traditional and progressive sensibilities alike.
Please check out recent press, videos, pics and other updates on the festival's event page on Facebook.
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DE TIERRA Y ORO in the NEWS!!!
Some recent features of my third album "De Tierra y Oro" have included:
CNN, NPR, NY1, Philadelphia Weekly, World Music Central, World Music Net, Metroland,Nippertown, Troy Record,Albany Times Union, Rolling Stone, Pagina 12, La Nacion, La Razon, Tiempo Argentino, El Intruso, Jazzeando, El Comercial, Diario de Cultura, etc.
“De Tierra y Oro" is available on CD in the US and digital formats throuhgout the world! Some of the options to buy the album:
 
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Next date:
Sunday, January 20, 2013
29 Cornelia St, New York, NY
Sofia Rei & Jorge Roeder Duo - 10pm
Sara Serpa Qtet - 8.30pm
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"leading light of latin jazz." -- Aidan Levy, The Village Voice
"As the Argentine singer Sofia Rei led her multinational band (...) the passion and clarity with which she assayed a tricky mix of South American rhythms and jazz-inflected harmonies made clear why she has been embraced by New York City audiences from Carnegie Hall to the hippest downtown haunts."
-- Phil Lutz, The New York Times
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Press enquiries:
Cindy Byram
cindybyramPR(at)aol(dot)com
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