Badi Assad is one of the most innovative,
passionate and talented artists of her generation and listed by
Rolling Stone as a top guitarist from Brazil. She transcends
traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with a mixture of
pop, jazz and ethnic sounds from around the world. As a result, the
singer, guitarist and songwriter is successfully forging an
exhilarating genre of music that quite literally defies
categorization. 'Between Love and Luck' is her first CD of
all original material and sung in both English and Portuguese.
It also debuts QuatroVentos her new independent label and first U.S.
Release in 6 years.
“Badi
Assad redefines guitar performances! Revelatory, a brilliant display
of innovation, and skill...almost hypnotically compelling!” - Los
Angeles Times
The
repertoire of acoustic and electronic compositions features strong
melodies and deeply personal lyrics of everyday and existential
experiences of life, art and love. The themes deal with the past
journeys and adventures – the latest ones such as motherhood, new
love and new experiences in learning how to love and seek ones own
balance. It also speaks of addictive behaviors like working too hard
and dependent relationships. Some of the themes blend together in
life. And because love is also chronic, in the literal sense of the
word: it is long term, and happens repeatedly and often.
Badi
sings, plays guitar on all tracks. Percussionist Guilherme Kastrup
and multi-instrumentalist Marcio Arantes produced the album.
Badi
was born in São Paulo, Brazil. The sister of Sérgio and Odair
Assad, of the world renowned classical guitar duo The Assad
Brothers, she began to play guitar when she was 14. Badi won
international recognition by combining her talents as a singer,
guitar player and vocal percussionist (simultaneously producing
different vocal sounds), her recognized technical abilities and
unquenchable thirst for innovation in her guitar playing has
made her one of the most innovative artists of all time,
maintaining a growing group of loyal fans, critics and fellow
musicians worldwide.
On
stage,
Badi Assad reveals a complete and virtuoso artist. An
enchanting diva, she sings, plays guitar, dances and transforms
her own body in percussion - all at the same time! With ten CDs
released around the world and many awards won, her last CD,
'Wonderland', was ranked one of the 100 best albums of the year by the
BBC.
Badi
was also voted one of the best guitarists in the world by Guitar
Player Magazine. She has worked with artists such as Bobby
McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah McLachlan, Seu Jorge and Naná
Vasconcelos among many others and performed in some of the most
prestigious international festivals such as Montreal Jazz
Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival/ Holland and theater
such as L'Opera de Paris, Metropolitan Museum / New York, Palais
de Beaux- Art /Bruxellas, and The Greek Theater / Los Angeles
as well as appearing in the acclaimed FarmAid and Lilith Fair tours.
In 2012 Badi also represented Brazil at the IV BRICS Summit, an
event that brings together the major emerging economies of the
world. She also performed with the Ballet Teatro Castro Alves at
the prestigious Bienalle of Venice.
APCA
(São Paulo Association of Art Clinics) – one of the most important
awards in Brazil since 1972, recently awarded Badi for her work in
songwriting and composition. The same evening the Brazilian icon
Marisa Monte also graced the same stage.
Badi
Assad will be touring across the USA in support of 'Between Love and
Luck' in the summer of 2013. Select dates for this mid-summer tour
include: July 13th & 14th at California World Fest in Grass
Valley, CA, Various Bay Area shows including San Francisco and Santa
Cruz, July 20th at Austin Chamber Music Society in Austin, TX and
July 21st at City Winery in Chicago, IL. More tour dates including
New York and Boston will be announced soon so please visit Badi's
website of Facebook page for more information.
For
more information: http://badiassad.
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