Sat August 10, 2013
Raq Filipina "Filipina Roots" CD Release Show
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at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
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"Filipina Roots" is now completed after three years in the making, and Raq Filipina is very excited to announce her first CD release concert as part of the Festival on August 10, Saturday at 2 pm at Blackbird Tavern stage. The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest will feature famous artists from around the world headlining this incredible weekend.
"Filipina Roots" has 11 songs that include a unique mix of Filipino roots with Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and chill electronica sounds— innovative and modern, nostalgic and iconoclastic. This album represents a new direction in Filipino world music, and is extra special due to the work of the legendary Greg Landau, who has produced several winning Grammy artists.
Raq is an award winning composer and performer who grew up in a musical family in the San Juan neighborhood in Manila, singing and dancing from a young age. Since she arrived in the United States as a young woman, she has sung, danced and performed a range of styles, earning recognition and numerous awards along the way. In early 2010, the legendary world music producer Greg Landau contacted her to work on a new project combining roots music of the Philippine Islands with eclectic rhythms and a touch of electronica. The chemistry of Raq Filipina’s compositions and Landau’s innovative production was immediate and powerful, and they have recorded a unique album.
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"Filipina Roots" has 11 songs that include a unique mix of Filipino roots with Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and chill electronica sounds— innovative and modern, nostalgic and iconoclastic. This album represents a new direction in Filipino world music, and is extra special due to the work of the legendary Greg Landau, who has produced several winning Grammy artists.
Raq is an award winning composer and performer who grew up in a musical family in the San Juan neighborhood in Manila, singing and dancing from a young age. Since she arrived in the United States as a young woman, she has sung, danced and performed a range of styles, earning recognition and numerous awards along the way. In early 2010, the legendary world music producer Greg Landau contacted her to work on a new project combining roots music of the Philippine Islands with eclectic rhythms and a touch of electronica. The chemistry of Raq Filipina’s compositions and Landau’s innovative production was immediate and powerful, and they have recorded a unique album.
"Filipina Roots" is now completed after three years in the making, and Raq Filipina is very excited to announce her first CD release concert as part of the Festival on August 10, Saturday at 2 pm at Blackbird Tavern stage. The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest will feature famous artists from around the world headlining this incredible weekend.
"Filipina Roots" has 11 songs that include a unique mix of Filipino roots with Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and chill electronica sounds— innovative and modern, nostalgic and iconoclastic. This album represents a new direction in Filipino world music, and is extra special due to the work of the legendary Greg Landau, who has produced several winning Grammy artists.
Raq is an award winning composer and performer who grew up in a musical family in the San Juan neighborhood in Manila, singing and dancing from a young age. Since she arrived in the United States as a young woman, she has sung, danced and performed a range of styles, earning recognition and numerous awards along the way. In early 2010, the legendary world music producer Greg Landau contacted her to work on a new project combining roots music of the Philippine Islands with eclectic rhythms and a touch of electronica. The chemistry of Raq Filipina’s compositions and Landau’s innovative production was immediate and powerful, and they have recorded a unique album.
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"Filipina Roots" has 11 songs that include a unique mix of Filipino roots with Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and chill electronica sounds— innovative and modern, nostalgic and iconoclastic. This album represents a new direction in Filipino world music, and is extra special due to the work of the legendary Greg Landau, who has produced several winning Grammy artists.
Raq is an award winning composer and performer who grew up in a musical family in the San Juan neighborhood in Manila, singing and dancing from a young age. Since she arrived in the United States as a young woman, she has sung, danced and performed a range of styles, earning recognition and numerous awards along the way. In early 2010, the legendary world music producer Greg Landau contacted her to work on a new project combining roots music of the Philippine Islands with eclectic rhythms and a touch of electronica. The chemistry of Raq Filipina’s compositions and Landau’s innovative production was immediate and powerful, and they have recorded a unique album.
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