- Singer Emmanuel appreciates Latin Grammy’s big gesture
- Singer Lorde returns with “Solar Power”
- Ricardo Montaner thanks God for his new album
Mexico City, Jul 30 (EFE News) .- After being chosen as one of six artists that Latin Grammy will honor next November with the award for musical excellence, the Mexican singer Emmanuelle he said excited by the recognition. “I receive this news with great emotion and gratitude to the Latin Academy for having recognized my artistic career. I am grateful to the musical creators who have accompanied me throughout these years but, above all, to the public who allowed me to continue to delight them with my shows, tours and songs ”, underlined the musician through a newsletter .
The 66-year-old singer also sent his congratulations to the other artists who will be awarded at the ceremony in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), which also include the Spaniard Joaquín Sabina, the Argentinian Fito Paéz, the Brazilian Martinho da Vila . , the Dominican Milly Quezada and the Puerto Rican Gilberto Santa Rosa.
The Grammy gives thanks for Emmanuel
The trajectory of the Mexican singer has more than four decades of activity and 20 albums recorded, from which songs such as “La chica de humo”, “Toda la vida”, “Todo se collambó” or “Pobre diablo” have emerged. . Songs which, in addition to having marked Hispanic music at the time of its creation, have lasted until today and have crossed generations. Emmanuel will receive the award on November 17, 2021 at a private ceremony at a Las Vegas hotel, during the week of the 22nd Latin Grammy Awards.
The Award for Musical Excellence has been presented year after year since the ceremony was established 22 years ago, and recognizes artists who have made significant contributions with their work to the world of Hispanic music. Among the artists who have received it are Joan Baez and Omara Portuondo. Emmanuel’s present time was framed by his successful duet with his friend and colleague Manuel Mijares, with whom in addition to having made an album, he made multiple musical presentations in which both shared their most beloved songs. and their passion for music. EFE News
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Lorde releases “Solar Power”, her first song since 2017
Los Angeles (USA), June 10 (EFE News) .- After a long period of absence, singer Lorde released by surprise this Thursday “Solar Power”, the first song she has released since her acclaimed “Melodrama” in 2017. In a statement addressed to his followers, the artist assured that his new disco He will be titled similarly and, although he did not specify the exact date when he will arrive, he defined him as a “summer companion”.
For her comeback, Lorde again collaborated with Jack Antonoff, the producer albums like “Folklore” by Taylor Swift, Grammy winner for Album of the Year; Norman fucking Rockwell! by Lana del Rey, nominated for the same award, and “Masseduction”, by St. Vincent. On “Solar Power”, Lorde has abandoned the minimalist electronics that characterized her beginnings to opt for more organic sounds, with acoustic guitars, percussions and arrangements inspired by the 60s / 70s, which will be the general tone of the new album. .
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Lorde celebrates nature
Additionally, the first single features backing vocals from two American indie stars such as Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo. The New Zealander played the distraction with the announcement of her return: first she released the cover of the single without specifying if it was a song or an album, then she deleted this image and after almost 24 hours a new song appeared for a few minutes on the main streaming platforms before being eliminated.
But the topic started leaking on social media and was finally officially published with a video in which the 24-year-old singer dances on the beach with her friends. “The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt to immortalize the deep and transcendent feelings I experience when I’m outside,” the artist said in a statement.
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Maintains a low profile
His previous album, ‘Melodrama’ (2017), featured in Rolling Stone magazine’s Top 500 Albums in History list, was considered one of the best works of his year and received the nomination for l album of the year at the Grammy Awards. , an award that ultimately went to Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” in a controversial decision that many publications have called unfair.
Lorde is one of the most enigmatic figures in pop music today, because despite his youth and the fact that his two albums to date, “Pure Heroine” (2013) and “Melodrama” (2017), have received rave reviews. and a commercial success, it maintains a very low media profile. Indeed, his last messages on the social network Twitter date from 2017 and on Instagram, where he has 6.4 million followers, he has only three photos from 2016, 2017 and 2018. “As I get older, I realize that there is something to do. said about this pleasant feeling of waiting for something of quality to arrive, ”he said once. EFE News
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Montaner launches his first album dedicated to God and intended for non-believers
Miami, May 31 (EFE News) .- Almost 45 years have passed since Ricardo Montaner recorded his first song as a professional artist and thanks to the confidence of having reached a point where he can make music “Without thinking only of profits”. , he gave himself permission to witness “the need” to release his first album devoted to “the worship and praise of Jesus Christ”.
This was explained by Montaner through a video call, in which he presented to the international press the album he named “Faith”, intended for those who “need to find or recover theirs. ”. “I had to God a record like that and I needed to do it. I felt it was the right time, because we all need relief in these difficult times that we are living, especially those who did not draw near to the Father, or those who believed but fell because of some. circumstances of life, ”said the singer-songwriter 63 years old.
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Ricardo Montaner presents his new material
The album’s cover letter was “Amen,” the album’s first single, released on December 24, and the video of which had nearly 154 million views to date. This song not only sets the tone for the production, which consists of 11 songs totally dedicated to God, but it shows how “Faith” is a totally familiar project. Montaner, his son-in-law Camilo, his sons Mau, Ricky and Evaluna, and their friends, participated in the composition, collaborations and production.
All will present it live on June 12, during the first full Montaner family concert, which will be broadcast digitally from the magnificent Los Altos de Chavón amphitheater in the Dominican Republic. “There we will sing some ‘Fe’ songs but also the boys will sing theirs and we will also exchange songs. They will see me sing Camilo, Mau and Ricky sing some of mine and so on. It’s going to be something very special, ”promised the singer, who revealed that this concert will be the start of the“ unscripted ”series of“ reality ”type of the life of the Montaner family.
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Songs
The songwriting process for “Fe” was “totally different from what I followed on my previous albums,” revealed the singer, who once composed accompanied by a guitar or collaborators. This time the songs came out spontaneously. “I recorded the melody on the phone while I was stopped at a traffic light,” the artist said.
His son Ricky and Camilo participated in the composition of five songs each. Most of the arrangements were made by Venezuelan Yamil Marrufo. The second single from the album, “Because God wanted it”, a song about a love of years with the collaboration of Juan Luis Guerra, was made thanks to “an act of self-confidence” on his part, because he was sent suddenly to the Dominican artist, who was also very vocal in his Christian faith.
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Quality
The third, which accompanies the release of the album, is “Estrellas en el piso”, the video of which is launched this afternoon as the spearhead of a string of “videos” which will be released every half hour as as audiovisual component of the project. “They all have Marlene cachet,” Montaner said of his wife, who directed the video for “Amen,” among many others.
The production and instrumentation reveal a very polished album, in which dedication to modern and sophisticated sound is noted. Even the new version of “La gloria de Dios”, sung by Evaluna Montaner accompanied by the Prague Symphony Orchestra, is a surprise even though it is the third time it has been presented to the public.
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THE FAITH OF MONTANER
Raised in a Catholic family between Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, Ricardo Montaner converted to Christianity more than two decades ago. His first religious song was “La gloria de Dios”, which he then recorded as a duet with his daughter Evaluna as part of “Frequent Traveler”, his 2012 album.
Then came “Su luz” in 2014, part of the album “Agradecido”, where for the first time he included compositions with his young children Mau and Ricky. For the rest of his artistic life, Montaner and his family have not shied away from talking about their faith and in interviews, and more recently on social media, they have been constant talking about their beliefs. “We are like infiltrators in this medium where this kind of conversation is not common,” admitted the artist. “I didn’t make this album because I’m Mr. Faith. I am as fragile as anyone, ”said Montaner, who hopes the songs will serve as an evangelistic tool and“ bring people closer to God and receive the same relief as I do ”. . EFE News
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