The music of Sara Tavares is full of ‘sunshine soul’ and “Xinti” (“Feel It”), her new album, is suffused with it. Brimming with Cape Verdean guitar licks, Angolese rhythms and warm Portuguese vocals, Sara never sounded more intense. This is a startling collection, packed with surprises that display how progressively richer and more expansive Sara Tavares’s vocal repertoire has become since her previous album “Balancê”. Her songs are lyrical, sensual and more textured. They are intimate but also wrapped in irresistibly funky rhythms drawn from the Cape Verdean / African diaspora. Themes of love – spiritual and human – embrace philosophical reflections that describe, says Tavares, “the soul taking flight.”

Charlie Gillet about her live gig last saturday in the Barbican:

“I was bowled over by Sara Tavares’ live performance, having already been bedazzled by her guitar playing during a session recorded for World on BBC 3 two days earlier.”

XINTI TOUR DATES
24 April Barbican, London – UK (double bill with Oumou Sangare)
30 April HIFA, Harare – ZIM
6 May Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam – NL
8 May De Roma, Antwerpen – BE
9 May Ancienne Belgique, Brussels – BE
12 May Oude Luxor, Rotterdam – NL
13 May Fabrik, Hamburg – DE
15 May Kesselhaus, Berlin – DE
16 May Brotfabrik, Frankfurt – DE
17 May BASF Geselschaftshaus, Ludwigshafen – DE
19 May Konzerthaus, Dortmund – DE
1 June Africa Festival, Würzburg- DE
3 June Sala Galileo, Madrid – ES
5 June Auditori 2, Barcelona – ES
18 June Arena de Évora, Évora – PT
26 June Bulgaria Hall, Sofia – Bulgaria
4 July Festival Delta, Lisboa – PT
1 July STIMMEN-Festival, Lörrach – DE
18 July Oeiras – PT
6 Aug Festival Sons do Atlantico, Lagoa – PT
24 Sept Gewandhaus, Leipzig – DE
25 Sept Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg – SE
26 Sept Kulturhuset, Stockholm – SE
28 Sept Savoy Teater, Helsinki – FI

XINTI RELEASE
Benelux, Portugal: 11 May
Germany: 11 May
UK: 18 May
France: September
North America: September

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