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Dom La Nena
Brazilian born cellist and vocalist Dom La Nena’s “gentle and haunting” (NPR) debut album, Ela (Six Degrees Records) has been met with terrific praise from The Wall Street Journal to the NY Times, who calls her understated collection of thirteen original compositions “quiet and lilting.” Sung in Portuguese and Spanish, Dom's delicate vocals and multi-tracked cello on the album are supported by spare, minimal arrangements by co-producer and label mate Piers Faccini.
Listen to a feature with Dom that ran this weekend on NPR: http://n.pr/Xyl90x
If Cat Power had a lost sister in the Southern Hemisphere, her name would be Dom La Nena." – Popdose.com
One of the key songs on the album (released 1.15.13), "No Meu Pais" (video here) describes the experience of growing up rootless in several different countries. Without a specific nationality, ‘meu pais - my country’ simply becomes ‘myself.’
Dom La Nena, born Dominique Pinto, moved to France at age eight while her father pursued his doctorate. Five years later, upon moving back to Brazil, Dom began to write letters to acclaimed American cellist Christine Walevska. At age thirteen, Dom moved to Argentina with her parents’ consent and studied with Walevska regularly for several years before returning to Paris at eighteen.
In 2009, Dom was performing as a cellist with English actress and singer Jane Birkin. Upon returning from an international tour with Birkin, she set about writing and recording her first album. The writing process initially proved quite challenging, but after a period of reflection, she focused on the work at hand and the songs began to flow. Dom has also accompanied French stars Jeanne Moreau, Camille and Etienne Daho.
Dom, who draws influence from contemporary artists such as Cat Power, Lhasa de Sela and Juana Molina, first met Faccini through her husband Jeremiah, a director who made numerous videos for Faccini and artist and French singer Camille. For Dom, meeting Piers Faccini was the catalyst for the creation of Ela, an album that falls somewhere between classic Everything But The Girl and The XX.
After she met Faccini and expressed her frustration with trying to record her solo material, he suggested that she use his home studio in the Cevennes Mountains of France and show her the basics of recording. Inspired by the relaxed vibe, she recorded almost all of her parts in one week.
After hearing the results, Faccini wanted in and set to work on the songs while Dom returned to Brazil. “First he sent me what he’d done with my song ‘No Meu Pais’ and I was overwhelmed with joy and so impressed with the way he’d really understood my music...straight off, there was quickly a really strong sense of complicity: we made music in the same way, and didn’t even have to explain things to each other.”
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Cheryl Lynne Skinner Flutist/Producer at Elinez Music Announces Free Download of New Flute Dance Track Heartbeats!
New York, NY---Composer-Musician Cheryl Lynne Skinner composer/producer at Elinez Music is happy to announce the relocation to the New York area. In celebration and introduction to new audiences we are offering a free download of Heartbeats. Skinner is excited to become a part of the rhythm and heartbeat of the New York music scene.
Cheryl's current CD project features tracks from The Love Chronicles Collection exploring the stages and phases of love. The first flute instrumental dance track Heartbeats explores feelings of infatuation, attraction, love at first sight and new love that wants to dance. The MP3 is featured on Jango Radio and can be heard and downloaded free @ http://www.jango.com/music/Cheryl+Lynne+Skinner
Just click on SHOP, Click Next until you reach The Love Chronicles Cover with the heart, download and enjoy! Or you can visit the Nimbit music store at http://www.nimbitmusic.com/cheryllynneskinner
Skinner, a triple threat performing on keyboard, flute and vocals presents an inspirational program of what she calls contemporary M.U.S.E. (music unleashed from soul experience). Skinner's compositions defy classification as she combines a myriad of styles, including Jazz, R&B, Latin-American, African and classical to achieve her unique smooth inspirational contemporary sound.
Skinner celebrates three CD releases under the Elinez Music brand, Sunday Afternoon taped Live at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, Shades of Blue, a celebration of the blues form and its tone color and I Wonder As I Wander, the 2011 Christmas CD release.
Skinner's music has been featured in media by WUKY 91.3 FM radio in Lexington, KY interviewed by host John Rose, radio documentary by Chicago WBEZ's Jodi Becker, and Chicago NPR's award winning journalist & broadcaster Mara Tapp, The Sunday Afternoon Concert was filmed for the Kentucky Education Television network (KET) documentary, Go For Baroque was adopted as first theme song for KET program, Mixed Media. and recently Sunday Afternoon CD was included on the play list on WPFW's Spirit of Jazz show hosted by Lona Alias featuring an eclectic mixture of inspirational tracks including notables Chaka Khan, Martina McBride, Celine Dionne, Josh Groban, Nina Simone, India Arie, Stevie Wonder. To hear more of Cheryl's music visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/Q2hlcnlsIGx5bm5lIHNraW5uZXI%3d/0
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