Seu Jorge and Almaz have been busy in the studio, rehearsing for their forthcoming North American tour and recording bonus material for the European issue of the Seu Jorge and Almaz album. Photos by Mariana Jorge.
Link: Seu Jorge and Almaz in the studio at seujorgealmaz.com
In a previous post, we told you that the screening of Snoot Films’ Kashmere Stage Band documentary Thundersoul – along with a performance from the 1974 Kashmere Stage Band – was not to be missed. Well, if you missed last night’s performance, these photos will barely do justice. Nor these reviews, which were texted to me following the show:
“AMAZING AND INSPIRING SHOW!” – MRR (MRR&ADM)
“So stoked to have been a part of that!” – The Gaslamp Killer
“That was life affirming, I’m going to be smiling about that tonight for years.” – Marc Kets, Associate Dean, Idyllwild Arts Academy.
The doc won the L.A. Film Festival’s Audience Award – its second (after winning the Audience Award at SXSW’s Film Festival earlier this year.). A theatrical release is in the works.
Videographer Azul Serra filmed Almaz’s first live show at the Festival of World Cultures in Ireland, 2008. Check Seu Jorge and the band performing songs from the forthcoming Seu Jorge and Almaz album: “Juizo Final” by Nelson Cavaquinho, “Cirandar” by Martinho da Vila and Joao de Aquina and “Erarre Humanum Est” by Jorge Ben.
Now-Again announces Seu Jorge and Almaz’s debut album with a giveaway of the band’s cover of Martinho da Vila and João de Aquino’s “Cirandar!” Sign up for the Seu Jorge and Almaz mailing list here and you’ll be sent the link to the free mp3. Seu Jorge and Almaz is out in North America on July 27th which coincides with the start of the band’s three week North American tour. The album will be released – with bonus tracks – in Europe on September 14th; a two-week European tour is scheduled for late October.
We’ll be retailing deluxe packages of the album including limited edition tee shirts and posters in the coming month in conjunction with Stones Throw Records.
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North American/Japan Release Date:07.27.10
European Release Date: 09.14.10
Brazil Release Date: TBD
In yesterday’s L.A. Times, writer Mark Olsen discussed the Kashmere Stage Band documentary Thunder Soul and its genesis with our Texas Thundersoul anthology.
Excerpts from the piece:
” “Thunder Soul,” directed by Mark Landsman, tells the story of the student band from Kashmere High School…Landsman was listening to NPR in 2006 when he first heard about Johnson and the Kashmere Stage Band. Knocked out by the music he heard, and incredulous that it was played by high school kids some 30 years previous, he looked up every Conrad Johnson he could in the Houston area… It was Alapatt’s compilation that was featured on the NPR piece heard by Landsman. Landsman’s initial impulse after visiting Johnson was to pursue a fictional feature based on his story. Once Landsman heard rumblings that Kashmere alumni were talking about playing together again, he switched to making a documentary and was there to capture the very first rehearsals for the reunion…”
