Bebel Gilberto Set for New Tour
Link: Bebel Gilberto Set for New Tour
"The daughter of Bossa Nova legend Joao Gilberto broke her foot a few weeks ago in New York. She faces a second round of surgery in Rio de Janeiro this week before embarking on a tour U.S. and Canadian tour starting in Miami on May 19. The injury has forced Gilberto and her band to use Internet technology to polish the arrangements for the songs they will perform for the tour which starts in Miami on May 19. ‘The band and I had to finish our rehearsals by Skype but hopefully everything will be fine,’ Gilberto said referring to the Internet telephone network in an interview from her apartment in Rio de Janeiro."
It was most excellent to find this Reuters piece on Bebel Gilberto today, and quite interesting to hear about how she used Skype to rehearse with her band after her foot injury. We have tickets to see her play in San Francisco in May (although this article implies that that show may be cancelled, mega bummer).
I just downloaded her new record, Momento, from eMusic today. I’ve only listened to it once and it sounds terrific, although a little mellower than her previous records. I’m looking forward to the inevitable remixes that always seem to follow a Bebel release.
