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GONZALO ARAYA
BLUES FROM SOUTH AMERICA
CHILE / BRAZIL CONNECTION
GONZALO ARAYA
- HARMONICA -
"FLORIPA'S MOOD"
MISISIPI 2024
RELEASE DATE : OCTOBER 11, 2024
(CHILE)
RAFAEL SALIB
- GUITAR, VOCALS -
CRISTIANO FERREIRA
- GUITAR -
JULIANO ROSA
- GUITAR -
DANIELA BECKER
- DRUMS -
TRACKLIST: 01 CHAMPAGNE & REFEER 04:56 ( Muddy Waters) 02 COME ON IN MY KITCHEN 04:36 (Robert Johnson) 03 T-BONE SHUFFLE 05:00 (T-Bone Walker) 04 BABY WHAT ME WANT ME TO DO 05:13 (Jimmy reed) 05 TURTLE WALK 03:36 (Lou Donaldson) 06 REVELATION (05:04) (Russel Ferrante)
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IT WAS IN 2023, ON THE ISLAND OF FLORIANAPOLIS (BRAZIL), FIVE BLUES MUSICIANS MET AT THE BARBARO STUDIOS TO PLAY FOR A WHILE AND HAVE FUN, THEY PRESSED THE REC BUTTON AND WITHOUT FURTHER AGREEMENT THIS IS THE RESULT, ABSOLUTELY LIVE. GONZALO ARAYA WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF RANCAGUA (CHILE) IN 1976 AND SOON FELT THE ATTRACTION TO BLUES MUSIC. HE STUDIED THE HARMONICA IN DEPTH, LEARNED FROM THE GREAT MASTERS OF THE INSTRUMENT IN SOUTH AMERICA SUCH AS THE CUBAN CARLOS DEL JUNCO, THE BRAZILIAN ALEX ROSSI AND THE ARGENTINE MARIANO MASSOLO, AND ALSO WITH EUROPEAN MUSICIANS SUCH AS THE DUTCH WIM DIJKGRAAF OR THE SPANISH ANTONIO SERRANO. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2010 HE MOVED TO LIVE IN BRAZIL WHERE THERE WAS A INTENSE BLUES SCENE AND HE JOINED THE MOST OF THE COUNTRY’S MUSICIANS WITH WHOM HE MADE RECORDINGS AND PERFORMED CONSTANTLY. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HE HAS LED BANDS SUCH AS LOS FORMIDABLES AND THE MAG BLUES ALONG WITH GUITARIST TOMAS GAMUCIO AND SINGER MISTYSA TATIANA GARRIDO AND AS A DUO ALONG WITH GUITARISTS JM CARRASCO AND TOMAS GAMUCIO HIMSELF. "FLORIPA'S MOOD" IS AN ADVENTURE AMONG FRIENDS, AN AFTERNOON TO PLAY THEIR FAVORITE SONGS WITH NO OTHER PRETENSION THAN TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. THE MAGIC OF THESE SONGS LIES IN THE SPONTANEITY, IN THE QUALITY OF MUSICIANS WITHOUT THE NEED TO INAUGURAL ANYTHING NEW OR RECALCITRANT. JUST MAKING THEIR MUSIC OUT OF CONVICTION. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND ANYTHING NEW IN THIS, BUT YOU CAN ENJOY THREE LIGHTED GUITARS, A FEMALE DRUMMER, ALL FROM BRAZIL, AND THE EXCITING HARMONICA OF ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST ILLUSTRATED PLAYERS ON THE CONTINENT OF SOUTH AMERICA.
OTHER RELEASES
2010 ALBUM
2019 ALBUM
2022 EP
2024 EP
Listen to samples : 01 Champagne & Refeer 02 Come On In My Kitchen 03 T-Bone Shuffle Gonzalo Araya "Floripa's Mood 04 Baby What Me Want Me To Do 05 Turtle Walk 06 Revelation
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