Portuguese fado vocalist, Ana Moura, is launching her 2013 North American concert tour, on February 28, with a number of concerts scheduled coast to coast in the United States and Canada.
The tour is a promotion of her most recent issued CD titled “Desfado” for sale on February 26, 2013.
Moura, who has toured the United States before, will be backed by the Portuguese guitar. However, she also likes to experiment with new genres and has taken the fado art form in new directions by including acoustic guitar, double bass, keyboards, and drums to her performances.
Her recent CD, titled “Leva-me aos Fados (Take Me to the Fados),” issued in 2009’s, went triple-platinum in Portugal and was 7th on Billboard’s Top World Albums Chart.
Moura has sold out prestigious venues all over the world including the New York Carnegie Hall’s stage.
In 2007, Ana Moura was invited to record two songs with The Rolling Stones — “No Expectations” and “Brown Sugar” — for The Rolling Stones Project vol. 2, a collection of Rolling Stones songs interpreted by World Music artists.
In 2010, she collaborated with music icon Prince. He performed onstage with Ana Moura in Europe and has also worked with her in the recording studio. She also appeared at the 2010 and 2011 San Francisco Jazz Festival.
Ana Moura’s 2013 North American Tour lineup:
Thursday, 28 February and March 1, Herbst Theatre, War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Friday, March 1, Napa Opera House, 1030 Main Street, Napa,CA
Saturday, March 2, Meany Theatre Seattle, 3901 University Way, NE,WA
Sunday,March 3, Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre, 2055 Purcell Way, N. Vancouver, BC,Canada
Tuesday, March 5, Alix Gooden Hall, Victoria, BC, Canada
Tuesday, March 7, Three Stages,1 0 College Parkway, Folsom, CA
Saturday, Mach 9, Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main Street, Napa,CA
Tuesday, March 12, Gallo Center, 802 12th Street, Modesto, CA
Saturday, March 16, Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Boston, MA
Wednesday, March 20, Lisner Auditorium, 730 – 21st Street,Washington,DC,
Friday, March 22, Cleveland Museum, Gartner Auditorium,11150 East Blvd, Cleveland,OH
Saturday, March 23, City Winery 155 Varick Street, New York, NY
Wednesday, March 27, Eshe Hurvis Studio – Warch Campus Center, Appleton, WI
Saturday, March 24-25, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN
Friday, March 29, City Winery, 1200 West Randolph, Chicago, IL
Saturday, 30-31, Charles Morris Center, 10 East Broad Street, Savannah, GA
Friday, April 5, Carolina Theatre, 309 Morgan Street, Durham, NC
Wednesday, April 3, Modlin Center for the Arts, 28 Westhampton Way Richmond, VA
Thursday, April 4, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover, NH
Saturday, April 20, Mcintyre Performing Arts Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Find additional concert updates and venues here
updated 02/25/13
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