Banda Magda
When:
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2016 8:00p -
11:00p
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2016 8:00p -
11:00p
Where:
The Red Room at Cafe 939
939 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
$10
Categories:
< 21, Music, Performing Arts
Event website:
https://www.berklee.edu/events/banda-magda?ss=210161
Founded by Greek-born singer, film scorer, and composer Magda Giannikou, Banda Magda moves from samba to French chanson, from Greek folk tunes to Colombian cumbia and Afro-Peruvian lando. The band's songs capture the best of mid-century pop ballads and cinematic arranging, drawing on the members' global backgrounds and unchained musicality. Trained in film scoring at Berklee, Giannikou’s film music finesse has won her awards and caught the attention of everyone from Kronos Quartet to Louis CK, with whom she sang a duet for his TV show.
Live, Banda Magda bursts with humor and quirky sensibility, powered by a unflagging energy. This group of close musical friends turn Giannikou’s songs into engaging romps that have won them a spot with the Carnegie Hall Musical Explorers Series as well as performances at venues such as Webster Hall, Irving Plaza, the Kennedy Center, and the Jefferson Center, and festivals such as Celebrate Brooklyn, Jazz al Parque, St. Moritz Festival Da Jazz, and the Chicago World Music Festival.
After the critical success of their colorful debut album, Amour, t’es là?, Banda Magda returned in the fall of 2014 with Yerakina (Ropeadope/groundUP). The album, coproduced by Grammy winners Michael League (Snarky Puppy) and Fab Dupont (Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bebel Gilberto), shows the next step in the band's devotion to their craft and sound, featuring Technicolor folk songs and pop chestnuts played with dynamic finesse.
- See more at: https://www.berklee.edu/events/banda-magda?ss=210161#sthash.BBI22baT.dpuf
